A day at the beach...

[Pat and Traveler]

Traveler isn’t much interested in the ocean, unless a wave sneaks up behind him and gets his feet wet. Somehow I always expect him to be really excited about seeing a huge expanse of moving water, but he’s much more interested in whatever driftwood he can find and drag over to me, hoping for a good game of chase. Driftwood was sparse during one section of a walk, but he did find an orange. Why would there be a lone orange on an unpopulated beach? Darned if I know! If a dog could say ‘ick,’ that would have been his comment, but...there wasn’t any driftwood handy and a dog’s gotta do what a dog’s gotta do.

 

He never gets too far away from me, and this is a typical pose. Waiting. Alertly.

We found another doodle! I don’t know if Jacks and his dad are on DK, but he’s sure a cute little guy. He’s even groomed! But Trav doesn’t bark at his pals and is generally a most excellent playmate. 

And it was sunny and relatively warm--at the beach in January! 

 

[Pat and Traveler]

Funny one, Ricki!  The little seals DO look slug-like.  LOL 

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Tara probably would have mistaken that seal for a giant slug and been terrified of it!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

What a beautiful day to photograph wonderful memories.  Thanks for sharing.

[Pat and Traveler]

I have no idea what Trav would have done if he'd been allowed to approach the seal.  I suspect--circle and bark.  He just watched the sea lions in Newport, but they were about 10 feet below us, beside the dock.

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

I'd love to take Luna to the beach sometime - definitely won't happen in January here though!  I think she would LOVE the beach.

Beautiful photos of beautiful doodles!

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Oh, that little seal is just so cute!  Trav could have made a new friend!! :)

[Christine & Shelby]

Great photos.... looks like everyone had a fun time!

[Bonnie and Kona]

Pat, This is the most darling photo! What a little cutie. It looks like it is about to lift that flipper and wave at you!

[Pat and Traveler]

And we saw this little seal.  Not a very good picture because we stayed far away.  She did scoot into the water--but she was WAY up on the beach--I saw her trail heading toward the water way before I saw a 'rock' on the sand.  Trav got leashed up super fast so he wouldn't try to investigate.

 

[Suzann, Rosey & Bandit]

Awesome pics! Would love to see my R&B at the beach!