Can Dogs get Seasick?

Bears don't just poop in the woods! 

Sun Aug 29th
Paddle boarder on Hopkins Landing walk

Mon Aug 30th

It was a still start to Sunday and a couple of paddle boarders were out on the water off Hopkins Landing beach.

One with a dog, one without.  It was quite a serene setting.

A Great Blue Heron was perched on Hopkins Landing Wharf and was silhouetted against the distant horizon with a sparkle of sun on water.


Heron on Hopkins Landing Wharf

Later in the day we went down to Grantham's beach, by which time the wind and waves had got up.  Not quite so ideal for paddle boarding.  Great for the kitesurfing foil-board riders and sailing boats.

Not like the electric powered ones that go up and down the Thames and irritate Ditton Island residents!  Quite impressive skill.



Entertained by the flying foil kitesurfer, Jack and I decided it was time for a quick paddle.  It was choppy and Jack was not as relaxed as usual.  But he stuck with it.  We landed 20 minutes later and poor Jack threw up on the beach.  Despite this he was keen to go out again.

Mt Baker in the USA

Back at the house Fred noticed that we could see Mt Baker in Washington state, USA in the far distance (if you peer carefully through the trees!).  It's about 140k from where we are.  At 3,285m it does stand out.

The Monday morning dog walk was down to Hopkins beach.  It was cooler and overcast.

A few metres up the road our local bear ensured we knew he was still around.

A large and very fresh bear scat sat in the middle of the road.  So no, they don't just do it in the forest!

I did have the bear spray with me this time, just in case.

Monday afternoon we headed off to Cliff Gilker park which has Roberts and Clack Creeks running through it.  We did a 4k hike around the park and alongside the two creeks.

We been to Cliff Gilker before but not found these trails. They were any easy walk and very picturesque.

Jack was in the creeks at every opportunity, but is good at not leaping in until he can see we had caught him up and told him he could go in.

He found 'Pool of Happiness' on Robert's Creek which rather captured his approach to water!


There was water in both creeks but the levels were well down from what we saw earlier in the year, when we first discovered the park in May.


Driving back our road after our walk the Black Tailed Doe and her two fawns were grazing on the shrubbery of an adjoining garden.  The same place Fred had seen the bear disappear beside the fence on Saturday. 

Black Tailed Deer

Exciting day ahead tomorrow... Fred collects her EV and drives it back via the ferry to the Sunshine Coast!






 

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