Day at Sudbury's Beaches

Today the sun was shining so I thought it would be a perfect day to go out to the local beaches and collect some surveys. My first stop was at Bell Park. The beach was packed with little kids and students skipping school to enjoy the first nice day Sudbury has seen in a while. It was amazing to finally see people out enjoying what Sudbury has to offer. Unfortunately I wasn’t exactly dressed for the weather. I was walking around in my black work pants and a short sleeve shirt. I would of much rather of been in a bathing suit soaking up the sun like everyone else. After an hour or so of walking around filling out surveys and taking pictures it was time for me to move onto the next beach. My final stop for the day was at Moonlight beach (one of my favorite beaches in Sudbury). Moonlight wasn’t as crowded as Bell Park surprisingly. I snapped a couple pictures and filled out a couple surveys. As I was on my way out I ran into a couple that just returned from biking the trail behind Moonlight. I thought it would be a good idea to ask them about the survey. They were an older couple, both very nice people. After I asked the survey questions they asked if they could give me some feedback. I was more than welcome to listen to there feedback and took notes on what they had to say. They love biking and it is one of there favorite things to do. However, they feel as though the bike trails in Sudbury need a lot of work done on them and they need to be maintained. They said they would rather go out of town to bike because they aren’t very pleased with the conditions of the bike trails. Another interesting point they mentioned was that they aren’t so much afraid of bears but more so dogs. They said a lot of the dogs are not on leashes and they get chased by them. They pointed out a sign that stated that dogs have to be on a leash, but people weren’t following it. They feel as though the city should be stricter about this law. They also suggested the city building a dog park so dogs have a place to run around and be free without putting others in harm. I told the couple I would bring up there issues to others and hopefully together we can make Sudbury a better place for everyone to enjoy:)!