Ventura Park

I usually jog here from my place before work for some early cardio once in awhile. It’s usually not too busy and it works well for this guy. They have a few areas with small hills where you can get some extra incline and decline with that run of the day. In the summer there seems to be quite a few families celebrating with parties & I even caught up with a good friend from high school who was there with coworkers celebrating a company party. Small world because I went to High School in Lebanon/​Albany.

One of mine and my son’s go-​to parks, especially given that we live relatively close to it. It’s a nice park with several amenities available for the little ones; including a dirt track for riding bikes. Their is a small play structure that is shaded, which is nice during those really sunny days. Additionally, one can walk the paths around to the school playgrounds where there are two additional play areas with much more equipment along with basketball courts and lots of spacious grassy areas for my LO to run around.

I’ve lived near this park since I was a kid. I used to love this place but over the years, it’s been run down by rude people constantly. I see so many Mexican families just trashing this place. It’s really bad. The only thing that’s nice about this place is the fact that it’s very dog friendly. I love taking my dogs out on a walk here from time to time but it’s always us a hassle trying to cross the busy four lane street.

This is actually a very nice park. It’s good for kids, adults and even dogs. There’s a lot of stuff for kids like slides and sand and stuff. There is also a basketball court, a baseball field and a soccer field. But my favorite is the slide, it’s adult sized so I can swing my worries away. You know you want it too.