Southern California Meeting

[jennielynn1970]

Ok, someone take control of trying to gt this organized!!! I would love to take what I would consider my only vacation in the past 10 years to come to visit friends I've made in Cali. Plus I've never been there. I just need to know what dates we'd be looking at, hopefully on a weekend so I don't miss work, lol, and so I can see what airline rates are.

First:
Is someone a good planner???

Someone who knows this area, and can recommend a place to meet.

Who else on Pet Talk is from that area??? RICHARD??? Edwina's Secretary???

Not sure. I can type up things if you want, or since I'm off of work, most days, I can make calls and such... I just don't want to be in charge (plus I'm not on the West Coast), but I'll definitely be the "go to girl" if you need one!! Lemme know, or let Cindy (Taz_Zoee) know so we can see this come to fruition before Christmas, lol.

Let's get this all set, so we know and can have this all down and settled and then don't have to stress!!

1. Let's Pick a date.
2. Pick a Place
3. Pick a theme
4. Are we bringing things or will we cater?
5. How many people do we think will come, so we
know what size area we should meet at, and how
much food will need to be brought or prepared.
6. Dog and cat friendly hotels in the area, or,
7. PT folks willing to rent out a sofa bed to a fellow PTer for the night
8. Any kinds of activity entertainment that is close by that we can do as a group (without the doggies at some point), like an amusement park or mini golf for that matter. Something to get friendships and conversation started.


Let's figure all that out!!!



You can reach me by phone if you have any questions, just PM me for it and we can conference call and shit like that. I also have my Yahoo Messenger, ICQ and AIM accounts linked on here, so you can always contact me that way as well.

Ok?? Let's get this going! It's almost August, and if we're looking at October (from what I read previously) we need to get our butts in gear.

I wanna go to Cali, baby!!

[wolf_Q]

What about Labor Day? I was planning on driving to the Ohio meeting for Labor Day but I don't think I can afford that now. California is much closer, we were considering going there.

[ilovemypup]

Okay! Woohoo!

I have a list of Dog Beaches and Dog Parks in SoCal.

Dog Beaches
Long Beach - Dog Beach Zone
(This is the only legal, off-leash dog beach in LA County.)

Coronado - Dog BeachDel Mar - Dog Beach
Huntington Beach Dog Beach
Malibu - Leo Carrillo State Beach
San Diego Dog Beach - Fiesta Island - Mission Bay
San Diego Dog Beach - Ocean Beach

Those are the beaches that I know of. The rest(after long beach one) are ON leash.
There ARE some places that dogs cannot be at on those beaches.

Dog Parks
Brentwood - Barrington Dog Park
Calabasas Bark Park
Chino Hills State Park
Chino Valley (Prado Regional Park)
Claremont Pooch Park
Claremont Area Parks
Costa Mesa Bark Park
Culver City Dog Park
El Cajon - Wells Park
El Segundo Dog Park
Encino- Sepulveda Basin Dog Park
Griffith Park Dog Park
Huntington Beach - Best Friend Dog Park
Irvine (Central Bark) Dog Park
Laguna Beach Dog Park
Laguna Niguel Dog ParkLa Mesa - Harry Griffen Park
Lancaster Dog Park
Long Beach - Recreation Dog Park
Los Angeles - Coldwater
Canyon Park, Laurel
Canyon Park, Runyon
Canyon Park & Temescal
Canyon Park
Los Angeles - Hermon Dog Park
Los Angeles - Runyon Canyon Park
Malibu - Charmlee Natural Area & Malibu Bluffs
North Hollywood - Whitnall Off-leash Dog Park
Ocean Beach/Point Loma - Dusty Rhodes Park
Oceanside Dog Park
Orange Dog Park
Pasadena - Brookside Park
Pasadena Off-leash Dog Park - Alice's Park
Poway - Poway Dog Park
Redondo Beach Dog Park
Riverside - Riverwalk Dog Park
Riverside Off-Leash Area
Riverside - Pat Merrit Dog Park
Riverside - more dog parks
Box Springs Mountain Reserve -Riverside
Hidden Valley Wildlife -Riverside
Mount Rubidoux Park -Riverside
Rancho Jurupa Park -Riverside
San Diego - Nate’s Point (Balboa Park)
San Diego - Morley Field (Balboa Park)
San Diego -Rancho Bernardo Dog Park
San Dimas Dog Park
San Pedro - Knoll Hil Off-Leash Dog Park
Santa Monica - Joslyn Park
Santa Monica - Memorial Park
Santa Monica - Pacific Street Park
Seal Beach - Arbor Dog Park
Sierra Madre Dog Park
Silver Lake Dog Park
Studio City - Laurel Canyon Dog Park
Upland - Baldy View Dog Park
Venice - Westminster Dog Park
West Hollywood - William S. Hart Park

Okay!
As you can see..there are..many many many! I think we should decide...Beach or Park? And then from there, we can narrow it down to 10..or 5.
Any more info on these parks, check out http://www.hautedogs.org/offleash.html
which is where I found these.

[jennielynn1970]

I doubt I'd have enough cash saved up for Labor Day, which is why October appealed to me (starting 2nd job sometime this week!!). Plus Labor Day is the 1st or 2nd week of school for us, so busy busy busy, and we're in over the weekends getting things ready. Crazy, I know.

If you guys do decide on Labor Day, I'll still help doing calls and stuff though, just let me know!

[Taz_Zoee]

Oh boy, thank you Jennie for taking the reins on this. I'm just at a loss.
And thank you ilovemypup for listing all these parks and such.
I'd personally prefer beach, but if we go later in the year it may be too cold for a beach day.
Yeah, funds are short here as well, so I'm hoping I'll be able to make it. I'll be flexible with the date and just see if I can make it once a date is decided.
I really hope Jennie can make it. Amy would you be able to make it if we didn't do it Labor Day??

[jennielynn1970]

If any one is interested, can we decide on a date?? I think that needs to be decided first.

Chime in please!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'd love to meet some new Pet Talkers and see some of the Pet Talkers that I've already met, but I don't think that I would be able to do this in October.

Hopefully we can set up a meeting next summer because this is when my work is slow and I can take more time off. I'd also love to have a PT meeting in Northern CA if possible but I'd also be willing to travel to Southern CA as well. I sure do miss the having the annual LA PT BBQ but I also wouldn't mind starting an annual Northern CA PT BBQ.