Blog August 27, 2020

Foggy Beach Dog

Probably wouldn’t have gotten out of bed so early today because it was foggy and cold, but I’d arranged to meet Sally and Molly on Big River Beach for a walk and flinging the ball and so forth before the beach got too crowded with dogs and tourists. Here’s a sequence of photos to show you how things went.

leaving the house on a foggy morning in August

heading down the hill I see the guy who walks his two black dogs here every day

where Little Lake meets Highway One, the only traffic light in Mendocino

heading south on Highway One

entering Big River Beach state park

the beach parking area, just a couple cars here today so far

Molly waiting for Sally to give her the okay to get out

Molly tiny in the distance waiting for the slow humans to catch up

walking along beside Big River

Molly went out into the waves in pursuit of an intriguing harbor seal

emerging from the waves with her ball

negotiating a challenging swell to get her ball

heading back the way we came

one last long swim to get the ball

galloping on the flats

back at the cars

one pooped pup

getting back on Highway One heading north

steep uphill

passing the empty elementary school

home again

rinsing the sand off my feet

Beautiful as performed by Todd and Marcia