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Sunday at The Bee is rarely slow, but this past Sunday had me out hunting for a feature package for the Local page. A sign in front of Fresno’s Woodward Park peaked my interest so I drove over to the relatively new Woodward Park Mountain Bike Skills Progression Course. There I found folks, young and old, enjoying the fabulous weather and an incredible MTB trail course. I staked out one ramp and tracked one rider as he performed a Grizz Air trick. I had heard of the course but never seen it up close. You can’t even see it from the road that goes around the park, but it is 10 acres in size and varied with many jumps and obstacle skills courses. It’s got me thinking again of getting a mountain bike for sure. There’s nothing like this anywhere around here and maybe even the state. See http://woodwardmtbpark.com/Woodward.html for more details.
Finally got my first chance to photograph the 
while on a feature hunt I found myself wandering further and further out of town. That’s not unusual at all. Sometimes I just let my whims drive the car and before you know it, I’ve got 100 miles on the car just looking for something that makes a picture. Lucky for me I found this guy fishing on the Kings in relatively short time. He was perched on a rock in a scenic spot that captured the pretty colors of the hills as well as the spring-like sunshine overhead. He was a nice guy who I chatted with about his construction trade that had been pretty slow due to the economy. The fishing happened to be pretty slow too. He was ok with it though because it was such a nice day.
Spent the afternoon shooting dogs and their owners to preview an upcoming dog show in The Bee’s “7.” Dogs are fun, but they are like kids in that they really don’t care about having their pictures taken. The big challenge is squeaking a toy with one hand and focusing and shooting with the other.