Day 127

Today was a dog day.  We woke up early, but got up late.  Both of use turned over and went back to sleep.

When we did get started we took Lucy over to a dog park north of Austin on the river.  The park is really an island.  There were plenty of places for Lucy to swim.  There were lots of dogs - and a lot of squirrels.

Lucy did a whole lot of water retrieves.  I didn't even bother to count.  Water retrieves were good - it was 85 degrees, a new record high.  Then we walked her around the island to dry off.  She met a lot of dogs along the way and got to chase some squirrels.  The squirrels are really used to dogs.  They run up a tree, wait for the dog to leave, and then come back down. 

At the end of the island Lucy did something I'd never seen her do before.  She jumped into the water on her own.  Unfortunately she chose a place where she couldn't get out.  I had to reach down, grab her collar, and help her out.  We walked a little to a place with some steep stone steps down to the water.  She did about a half dozen short water retrieves.  We stopped when she couldn't climb the steps out of the water.  I had to help her again.

We walked back towards the parking lot.  Lucy was still wanting to do something, so we sat while she chased squirrels.  Then I threw the bumper another 8 times and we called it quits.

On the way back we stopped at a bagel place for lunch.  Lucy got to be with us outside while we ate.  The last stop was Home Depot where we bought 5 bags of sand.  I'm going to put them on the driveway tomorrow morning when it's cool.