Possibly the Most Fun Thing in the Whole World

I was feeling really hyper yesterday and this morning and Juli was being extra boring.  Then at about noon, Juli started packing up some of her and my stuff.  We got in the car and drove on the freeway like we were going to work (or Daycare!) but for an extra long time.   Because it was so hot out, Juli had the windows down extra far and I managed to stretch my seatbelt so I could get my nose out the window without her noticing.  I found out why I'm not supposed to do that because I got a bunch of air and road dust in my nose and it felt yucky and made me sneeze.  Juli says I'm lucky it wasn't worse.

Anyway, we parked just off the freeway.  I had to crawl under a  freeway type baracade, then we walked down a path of sand with lots of yummy things to sniff.  It was kind of like my Aunt Koda's house, except there was no ocean.  After walking on the sand for a little while, we walked on some rocks and you could see the river.  I normally don't like water (except to drink), but I had to go sniff it to see what it was.  Then Juli threw one of my two fetch toys that she'd brought a little way into the river and of course I had to hop in and get it.  I'd never swam before, so at first Juli kept them really close to the edge where I could just wade.  Then she got further in the water with me so I had to swim.  It took me a few tries to really get the swimming thing down, but boy is it fun! - especially if I have toys to chase!  Not only did I figure out how to swim, I learned how to use the sandbar on the edge of the bottom of the river to push off of to change direction and speed up when I go into the deep water.  Also, I learned that it is much easier to swim downstream and then jump onto the shore and run back upstream than to swim very far upstream.  I had SO much fun!  There were other people and dogs there, but I wasn't interested in anything but swimming and getting Juli to toss my toys.  I started out swimming on leash but I was so good that Juli let me off the leash (it's allowed there!)  Did I say I had a great time?  The only bad part was that toward the end, I started to get cold.  But after we got to the car and Juli toweled me off, I was nice and warm.   I showed Juli a new trick too - I know just where and how to sit politely to get toweled off, I've just been hiding it because I hate baths!

I hope we go swimming again soon!

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