Tuesday, April 26, 2011
It was so nice out today that as soon as Joe got home from work we went to Lake Padden. If you remember my post from a few weeks ago, by the time I was at this part of the lake, it was really overcast and you could barely see the mountains. Totally different today.
We took a gravel trail to see the 2 Padden Creek Falls. There was a huge tree trunk on the path that I just had to climb. There were ducks swimming in the creek. Chance couldn’t figure out how to get over to them and get them.
We then took some higher trails on the hill on the south side of the lake. Once we were on the east side, we took Chance to the fenced in off-leash dog park. She usually pretty good with dogs her size, until they try to sniff her butt. She doesn’t seem to understand that she can’t smell their butts and then not let them sniff hers. I guess she wants the cake and to eat it too.
We walked out on the floating dock. Joe tried to convince Chance to get in the water. She seemed like she really wanted to. She would lean over the edge as far as she felt comfortable. She just couldn’t get the nerve to jump into the water a foot and a half below. Finally it happened. Her front foot slipped on the dock edge and she slid into the cold lake. She didn’t panic too much. She wasn’t sure where to swim to. She tried to get back on the dock, until she heard me calling her from the shoreline. I’m proud of my little swimmer.
Joe then tried multiple times to get her to go back in the water. She was close several times, making squealing noises with both excitement and nervousness at the same time. We tried again on the other floating dock by the boat ramp. There were many kayakers out on the lake. If we were the ones in the kayak, she would be in there swimming. It was a fun late afternoon hike. I could really get used to this.
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