The Excitement Never Ends!

Oh man, how can I ever thank you all enough? I've now won not only one gold medal in the Paw-limpics, but two gold medals! This one I earned in the Diving category...

And my winning photo...

Again I'll say it, I am still in vacation mode and totally forgot about my other entries in the Paw-limpics. Man, what a shock I had when you all started congratulating me again in my comment box! Thank you!

And now, to continue to share my pictures and adventures of my holiday at the beach...

So, after we arrived at the cottage, we unpacked all our stuff, including my 4 tennis balls, 2 orange balls, 2 rope toys, 2 ring toys, my purple piggy (the last surviving stuffie from the 4xBs), my long dead and deflated loofa stuffie which I still love and will not let my humans put in the garbage, and my hot pink frisbee. Oh, and we also unpacked all of my bandannas, dog food, and cookies. Man, I almost have more stuff than the humans!

It was already getting late, and we didn't have anything prepared for supper, so we took the 15 minute drive to the town of Powell River to pick up some groceries and eat supper there. We came back, met the people staying in the cottage right beside us (who also have a dog but didn't bring it, though they said they would next year), and then we all (including the dogless neighbors) sat by a fire to roast marshmallows on the beach. We slept well that night after our long day of traveling, and the first thing we did in the morning was get up early to see the beach in the bright sun when the tide was going out.

I stayed behind on the logs a moment, just to take in the view of the beach...

I couldn't contain myself any longer, I just had to run on that sand! So off I went, finally on the beach, where I could run free all day, all week long! The only time I ever needed a leash for the whole holiday was when we went into town a couple of times, and when I saw a bear in the forest and wanted to go after it. Otherwise, it was a great, dog friendly place!

Of course, I had to stop to sniff every shell and rock and seaweed and starfish I saw, and pee on them too if I felt the urge.

There was lots of wildlife around too, as I mentioned before of the bear, but also tons of starfish, and tons of Bald Eagles as well.

The tide gradually went out further and further, and let me tell ya, the ocean water at this beach is like no other water near the Vancouver beaches! This water doesn't have a spot of murkiness in it, but rather it is so clear you can still see the bottom some 20 feet below the surface, and the water all has a blue/green tint to it, and the sand looks as if someone threw gold flecks all over it! Even my photographer Lizzy could not catch the true beauty of it all on camera.

Now, this dog here was an interesting one! He came out on the beach at about 9:30 in the morning, and stayed belly-deep in the water 'till sometime after 7:00 at night. We don't know who his owners were, no one seemed to be with him, yet all he did was stand in the water, wag his tail, smile, and occasionally bark. It looked like he wanted to play, but whenever the humans came close to him, he just bounced off further into the water with that goofy smile on his face. He didn't want to chase a stick or a ball, didn't want anyone to touch him, and didn't want to play with the other dogs around... I think he just decided to take a day off from his humans and relax in the cool waters of the beach for the day, hee hee.

Anyway, we had a wonderful first day on the beach, and later in the evening my oldest human brother and his wife came to join us for the week at the cottage. I loved having all my humans around!

Now I've spent long enough on the 'puter again, and I shall share more of my holiday adventures in my next post! There's so much to tell you all, I don't know how I'll ever get it done!

Oh, I almost forgot, my wonderful friends Princess Eva and Brice awarded me the BFF Gold Card Award! Thank you friends, I feel very honored once again!
Now the rules are that I have to give the award to 5 of my friends. Four of my friends must be dedicated followers of my blog, and one should be a new blogger that lives in a different part of the world. Each awardee must link back to whomever gave the reward, which in this case would be me!

Okay, I give the BFF Gold Card Award too...

Dozer and Cooper
Pacco
Toffe and Riley
Sophie Brador , and
Booker.

Oh, I almost forgot again! This is my entry for Amber-Mae and Faya's picture contest, "How I Love My Kong".

"I honestly didn't mean to put a hole in my kong, it just appeared there by itself after I was chewing on it! It wasn't my fault, really!"

I hope you all have a GRRRReat day!