Sunday - Lone Rock Beach day

thanks for the firewood Debbie and Scott!

We had a lovely campfire last night, thanks to blogger friends, Debbie and Scott.  It was a very pleasant night, starry and warmish.  Perfect to sit outside and enjoy the evening.


Well, I never thought I'd say this, but today we took in our bird feeder so birds would NOT come to visit us.  The yellow headed blackbirds are so beautiful....

but oh, so very greedy.  They woke us up in the morning, squawking, whistling, screaming, cackling, clicking and just generally squabbling over our birdseed.   They pooped all over everything we left outside, and they crashed into Beluga so many times I was afraid we'd have dents in her side.   Enough was enough and the feeder was put away.   Find your own food your greedy things!

they took the top off the feeder dove in head first

After lunch we packed up the dogs and drove over to Lone Rock Beach.   It was such a nice warm sunny day that the beach sounded like just the ticket for us all.  We drove around the sandy shore until we found just the right, deserted spot and let the beasts out!  Sasha headed straight for the water and waded in happily.

There is only one thing she likes better than eating and laying in the dirt, and that is wading around in fresh water.  She likes the ocean, but we always rag on her about drinking the salt water, so when she gets a nice fresh lake where she can poke about and drink without being hassled, she's a happy old girl.

We gave Lewis a ball to carry down to the water, so he was happy too.  He enjoys it when we throw the ball down the beach, or into the water, but he mostly loves to just toss, kick, fling and carry the ball all by himself.  OK by me!   He's easily amused, they both are.

Can you match the sandy faces with the sandy feet in the pictures below?

Its hard to really get the scale of things around this lake.   This yellow boat was about 20 or 25 feet long and was passing us about 200 feet off the beach.   Isn't that a beautiful rooster tail its throwing up?

Now, do you see that same rooster tail following that same yellow boat as its passes Lone Rock?  I was amazed at how big it is, and this boat really allowed me to put it in perspective.

Sasha and Dave are just soaking up that old sun.

this boy can really concentrate when someone is holding his ball

bad hair day at the beach

Oh dear, she's off following her nose again....

The wind started to pick up and our idyllic day in the sand started to sting.  We were getting sandblasted by  wind coming down over the dune above us.   We had to dodge some fast moving tumbleweeds on their way to the lake.    Time to go.

the jeep parked at the top of the dune

Happy, sandy, tired dogs hopped into the jeep and we went back to Beluga.   The wind must have been really bad at home also, because all our chairs, tables, ex pens and even a wood pile  had blown away and we had to go looking for a few of the pieces!  

 We set everything back up and enjoyed a cocktail with our neighbors a few sites down.  They brought us brownies!   They are from Cody, Wyoming and pulled their boat behind their motorhome for a week of fun on the lake.  Nice people.  They are traveling with 3 French Brittany Spaniels, real cuties.  By the way, she had that beautiful diamond ring on her finger this time!