March 2012: Beach Blanket Bingo in Parksville

After getting a little settled in with Cedar we packed up the family wagon and headed up Island a bit to Parksville for a little R'n'R, hang with the pup and give mom her house back :)

Cedar traveled great, just hopped in her crate and was quiet as a mouse. No 'green/queasy' look or hurling all over the dash like Tsuga used to like to do as a pup. This was good. We rolled into Parksville mid afternoon, just around the corner from where mom used to live...on Cedar Place!  We decided to carry her down to the beach and let her explore low-tide a bit.  
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A little tentative at first (and chunky to boot!)

Letting her hair down and letting loose on the open sand

Happy dog, no boundaries!
(except the ocean)

Lots of good smelly things to get into

...and carry around

or bring to Dad.

The ominous 'boundary'

 

A content girl, cruisin' along the shoreline

Sneaking up on seagulls wayyyyyy out on a sand bar

Reflecting on her first day to the beach....

Headin' back to the humans, long but good day.

Sandy & tired pup

We barely got her out of the tub and partially dry and she was fast asleep on the towels we were using to dry her!

Bathroom floor and towels about half a second after getting out of the bath...down for the rest of the day :)

Cedar had a great day at the beach, lots of new things to see and smell, no other dogs around, tide had just gone out so there was a nice big clean sandbar for her to run around on safely.  Nothing like a little dose of the Pacific ocean to make you fell at home again.