We walked as far as we could and the beach kept transforming from nice fine sand to flat rocks, to pebbles, to thousands of tiny shells and back to sand. There are very nice spots there. Cheeka met her first snake. Actually, she almost walked right on it! We also saw some Sandpipers and of course Gulls. It's unreal to walk along a body of water like lake Ontario that looks so much like an ocean. You expect to see dolphins arching their backs over the water.
I had Cheeka jumping over puddles. Great fun! She doesn't like to get her feet wet. I don't know if I'll ever get her to go in the water. She won't even drink from the shore if there are waves. She'll wait to find a puddle somewhere. It seems that she likes drinking from streams and lakes if she can. I think she likes the idea of roughing it. Makes her feel like a real dog. That's when she's not playing baby princess in her pajamas on the couch back at home. Then she forgets completely that she's a dog and just wants to be held like a baby or hug us while putting her head on our shoulder. She's quite the character!
We also briefly saw a grebe of some kind. He was quite far by the time we got there and thus the picture is grainy. But we think it's a Red Necked Grebe. Not quite sure. We're terrible with knowing the species of birds, etc. although we're both very interested in spotting them. I'll see a bird and ask: "Glen, what is that?" And he'll respond: "It's a bird of some kind." "Thanks Glen, you're a great source of information."
Today is a cold day but we'll probably go back to this new beach called Pleasant Bay which we have since learned is Crown Land so we'll be able to take Cheeka there all summer next year as she's not allowed on the beach in the provincial park. Maybe we'll eventually get her to enjoy cooling off with a swim. Who knows? Until then we continue to enjoy our new surroundings and exploring.
Be safe, be happy, be healthy.
No comments:
Post a Comment