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October 19-21, 2009

 

 

Attended:  Dad, Gracie Allen, and Moosie
 

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October 19, 2009

This is our first trip back to East Harbor since 2007.  They recently repaved the whole park and the roads are in excellent condition.  They added an all purpose trail to the beach by taking one lane of the inbound road and making it the trail.  We took two walks.  The first was about two miles through the closed Area C and Red Bird trail to the boat ramp.  The second was a five miler that went to the beach.  The dogs proved themselves great and fearless hunters.

We saw some interesting birds.  One is colored exactly like tree bark and flits from low to high on a tree examining the bark for good things to eat.  Industrious critters.  We also saw robins flocking near food.  They particularly liked being on the shore, under a tree, standing in an inch of water.  There must have been some water-borne critter that was particularly tasty.

Click here for an MPG of Moosie getting goofy    OR      for a WMV of Moosie getting goofy

Click here for an MPG of Grace cooling her heels     OR     for a WMV of Grace cooling her heels

October 20, 2009

Click on the sand photos above.  The wave patterns in the sand were pretty cool.

We did a very nice five miler to the beach in the morning and a two miler around the closed areas in the evenings.  We noted some sites that were worth thinking about.  The warm weather brought out many bugs.  Harmless, they were more of a nuisance in their number.

Geese might not have teeth.  Swans do.  You see, just before this picture, Moose jumped into the lake in an attempt to catch one of those geese.  The geese just stayed there.  They didn't even move.  Moose realized he was no longer in his element and swam back to shore.  Click on the picture.  You'll see three things.  1.  Moose is soaking wet.  2.  The geese are grinning, not smiling.  3.  The swans are smiling--laughing, actually.  Swan have teeth.
 

October 21, 2009

We did only two miles but that seemed like more than enough.  Had a wonderful fire under the stars last night.  It is still warm, with a high into the seventies.  A great trip!

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