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Bellingham’s Dog Parks Prove Popular for Area Dogs

If you’re a Bellingham area dog, and you enjoy the freedom of running around and sniffing the butts of other dogs without the encumbrance of a leash, then you will enjoy this post. If, instead, you are the owner of a Bellingham area dog, and you enjoy letting your dog sniff said butts without the awkwardness of being tied to said dog, you, too, will enjoy this post. If you are a person who enjoys sniffing the butts of dogs or other people, you have some serious issues to deal with on your own, and may or may not enjoy this post.

Though there are several parks in Bellingham with off-leash dog areas, my personal favorite is the Post Point park in Fairhaven, which is a beautiful, secure place to let your dogs run free and chit-chat with their peers. To find it, head West on Harris Ave. and turn left at 4th St. across from the Alaska ferry terminal. Parking is on the right, just before the trail that heads down to the park. Once there, you can also walk the short trail to the shores of Bellingham Bay for a change of scenery.

My other favorite is Lake Padden’s off-leash area, which is great because it happens to be situated at the East end of the lake, right where the off-leash trails begin, so you have the choice of sitting down and letting your dog play with others, or letting her/him/it run alongside you through the hills above the lake. To find it, head South on Samish Way to the east entrance to Lake Padden. Follow the road to the end, past the baseball fields.

For details on Bellingham off-leash dog parks, click here to see the official City of Bellingham list, including specific rules and regulations. Please note the part prohibiting hunting. I’m not sure what year it was when they made that law, but it seems, at least to me, more than slightly absurd to think someone would consider hunting at a dog park. I mean, it’s not like this is Texas!

For more information on Bellingham area dog parks, please feel free to call me at 206.883.6668, or email me at rob.leroy@exprealty.com

This post simultaneously published by Rob LeRoy at theRealEstateNovelist.com

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Columbia……highly sought after

 
Remember a time when kids actually played outdoors?  Football in the streets, hide and seek….  What a refreshing pleasure to hear their laughter and playful screams. When you hoped the bags of Halloween candy you bought would be enough.        

When you took an evening stroll to the local park to hear the summer music series?  Families bike riding together……Welcome to the Columbia district of Bellingham.

A very tight-knit, family-oriented neighborhood comprised of Victorian Classics ( homes built in late 1800’s to early 1900’s), remodels, and bungalows with average home prices in the upper 200’s to mid-300 price range.  Pride of ownership and individuality shows here with well maintained homes and close attention to gardening and landscaping.  For this reason, home-values in this neighborhood tend to hold due to so many wanting to live here, raise their families here, and their children able to attend  Columbia Elementary.

Within walking distance to Little Squalicum Park and Beach and downtown Bellingham, Columbia is also a mobile neighborhood allowing many to bike or walk to work and walk to school.  A gardener’s paradise, with good size lots (on average 5000 sq.ft), to plant food and flower gardens.  Where you’ll see cornstalks on the side of the road, sugar snap peas ” take a pea but please don’t  leave one”!  Also, Home of the Annual Columbia Garden Tour  showcasing some of the finest gardens in Bellingham.

Also within walking distance is Elizabeth Park, one of the oldest parks in Bellingham with walking pathways, squirrels galore, tennis courts and a Gazebo where summer concerts can be heard or plays enacted.    Newer to the Columbia area is Squalicum Creek Park with it’s new baseball diamond and plenty of bike paths and walking trails.                                    

                           

It is quite obvious why so many want to reside in this fabulous community, with all it has to offer;Sense of community, location, educational systems and look at all the activities to be had……
Welcome home to the Columbia neighborhood..

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Big Rock Garden on top of Alabama Hill in Bellingham

  I’m almost ashamed to admit that it took me 13 years living in the Bellingham area before experiencing this tranquil oasis known as the Big Rock Garden.  Located at the top of Alabama Hill nestled among some of Bellingham’s premier Real Estate and walking distance to Lake Whatcom. 

Current home prices for the 17 listed properties in the immediate area range from $240k for a 3 bedroom rambler up to $565k for a 4 bedroom, 3000 sqft view home. 

Here’s me talking about the garden…

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Turn up the volume to fully enjoy the experience…

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Coming to town?  Let me give you a personal tour of the area including Samish Hill area and the Columbia neighborhood to name a few. 

Call me anytime…Dale Kreiser at 360-319-6365 or click on the link below to IM me.  It’s a good life!