Weather permitting, and if your dog is OK with this situation, meet up as the Mini Italian Mafia visits Marymoor Park. This is a huge, well-maintained, and not-that-highly-used 40-acre park that is a great walk.

PLEASE NOTE: Marymoor is not for every IG. My dogs were on leash for quite awhile before I trusted them here. The park is not fully fenced as the entrance is open and this is a huge park. Once you get to the center, where we will meet, it is less likely an IG will run out of the park--but if you have an escape artist we'd recommend a leash. Also, this is NOT a small-dogs-only area--there WILL be big dogs. There are always risks in such a situation so please protect your IG first! For those who are not sure about their IGs, keeping them on lead the first few times is highly recommended. I sure did! Letta is still allowed ONLY on leash.

All those caveats aside, we hope you can meet us to enjoy a great run. The official Meetup will begin at the circular area at the center of the park at about 11:45 a.m. and we usually hang out there for awhile to be sure everyone has joined us. Then we walk the trails and fields. Good directions to the park can be found at http://washington-sta...