Bellevue Memorial Park & Pool — Attraction in Ross Township

The pool itself is fine - nice even. The manager, however, fundamentally screwed over my friend who rented the pool after hours (I was one of the people invited to swim and watched this unfold). She was told when booking that if weather prevented us from using the pool, she could reschedule and pick another date. After hearing thunder three times, the lifeguards on duty agreed that it would be safer to leave and reschedule. When she called the manager, Anthony, to reschedule, she was told that we all should have waited in the wind/rain/thunder/lightning because "it would have passed eventually and then you could swim". The total rental was 2 hours and we made the call to leave about 45 minutes in (we did not have any time to swim - 2 people got in and then immediately needed to get out due to weather.) This entire process has been ridiculous and could have been much more straightforward with a simple contract, but my friend was never given any paperwork and all "policies" were verbal/over the phone. Also, we arrived for the rental time and discovered that there was NO RUNNING WATER OR INDOOR TOILETS - there were port-o-johns available but no way to wash hands. No one was made aware of this massive problem beforehand - we were informed when we showed up.

So renters beware - get your contract in writing and don't be surprised if you get there and they just don't have flush toilets for you. Ridiculous experience, 0/10, do...

Yesterday @lexi_lhasa_apso and I went to the "woods" dog park for the first time, and it was great! I did encounter a huge pitbull who wanted to play a little rough, but his owner was right there to make sure it didn't go too far. She, and another dog owner made me feel very welcome, and invited us to join them in the big dog area which is much bigger than the small dog area. The park has a great view, friendly dogs, and almost everything you and your dogs need as far as a (lined) "dog pool", water bowls and hand sanitizer. There was only 4-5 owners/dogs there, but it felt like the only thing missing was a BBQ Grill. If I had to find a flaw ...the park could benefit from a paved parking lot, but I have no general issues with the gravel parking lot. You can even see the pool area well, -in case you have to watch the kids and the dogs, and there's even a concession stand with employees, and clean restrooms. I am certain that we will refer the park to my friends and family, return to the park, and donate to "the woods" since it is a non-profit like mine (which you can donate to by going to the link in -Lexi's IG above 👆) (yes my dog has an IG account lol) -Thank you, @ryansgram2019 and...

Great park! One of our favorite places to visit.

The pool was very nice and clean as well. They take pride in taking care of it, and the concessions is a nice amenity. That being said, we're not too fond of the rules and regs here. I can understand why they're implementing a registration program for users (as abnormal as it seems), but what really threw us off in the end was their rule to not have a ball in the pool. We've always brought our inflatable pool ball to this location in the past without incident. We weren't even allowed to use our water frisbee, but people in the pool are in there with noodles, water guns and large floatation devices. Not exactly "an enjoyable experience" for us this time around. The management needs to reevaluate the rules before we decide to...