It may have started out as a prison farm, but it's now an amazing public space. My family and I took our dog out to the park yesterday. It was the first of March, the skies were sunny and blue and it was in the low 70s. Now how many places in America would kill for that weather on March 1? There were several guys flying their model airplanes. My kids liked that and I have to admit it was fun to watch the model planes go through their rolls and dives. There were literally thousands of people out running or walking many with their kids and a bunch of them with their dogs. Despite all of those people, the park didn't feel crowded because it's got a lot of space to spread out in and the biking and jogging trails are plentiful. We discovered an 18 hole frisbie golf course that we didn't know about. They were having some sort of tournament yesterday and folks were here from all over the place. People were riding horses. Mountain bikes were out in full force. Kids were having a blast on the paddle boats. Lots of families were having picnics. A few were fishing in Patriot Lake. The playgrounds were packed with kids. It was a great afternoon to be out and about in Memphis and especially out at Shelby Farms.
I've posted about the dog park at Shelby Farms before and I have to brag on it again. There were hundreds of dogs out running off leash, as is allowed in that part of the park. New four legged friends were made. The ponds were full of dogs swimming around and all kinds of objects were flying. If you like watching really good frisbie dogs, the dog park is for you. Our dog loves to run and the wide open prairie grassland rolling hills is like heaven on earth for him.
If you haven't been out to Shelby Farms lately, get out there the next nice day (which should be most days between now and mid June!) -- and take your dog with you!
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