The video speaks for itself, basically.
The tug is named the River Rebel.
Boom Hoppin
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Bailey spots a heron
Out on the north arm of the Fraser River we spotted this Great Blue Heron coming in for a landing – I caught a mere one tenth of a second on film. Bailey caught the whole thing, as this little clip shows!
Here’s a great picture Pam took of Mt Baker the other day. Really like this shot.
Getting Bailey to fetch
The first step in learning to retrieve beer from the fridge is fetching a ball in a field, of course.
There are setbacks initially though – as this little clip will show! Clearly Bailey thinks it’s my job to do the fetching.
Still, with perseverance we manage to get Bailey started on the path to dog nirvana.
And of course, it’s not a blog post without a picture of a Great Blue Heron right?
Walking the dog
Seeing a Great Blue Heron is fairly common for us. It’s a rare day we don’t see one. But this morning we got to see two of them in very close proximity to each other, each getting cleaned up for the long day of fishing ahead!
Chasing birds
Bailey loves to run after the swallows that frequent our park. She will chase them around and around for a looong time! The birds themselves seem to be teasing her, switching directions, darting the opposite way, looping back on her, doubling up for a charge.
I’ve actually been worried that she doesn’t know when to quit and might give herself a heart attack – no idea if that is even a thing, but this gal seems a tad obsessed!
The Best Getter
The Best Getter is a race in the MEC Racing series, an inexpensive way to enjoy a good workout. For a measly 15 bucks you get to run your choice of 5k, 10k or half marathon distances, all with chip timing, well marked courses, and friendly supportive people. Afterwards there are free massages, free hydration and free snacks.
I was super thrilled with my run, especially considering how poorly I ran yesterday in the Run for H2O. I knocked over 5 minutes off my time from yesterday – admittedly a poor run by me, but still I ran the 5k in 32:15 and had a nice sprint to finish up strong. And for me that IS a personal best on a chip timed, measured 5k.
I really want thank Pam, not only for giving up her sleep to come with me, but for all the videos and pictures she takes! But more importantly, I was going to weasel out of this race because I ran (unplanned) in the Run for H2O yesterday, and we got up a little late. It was at her urging that I got my ass on the grass, and I’m really glad she did!
Where there is water, there is life
The Run for H2O events fund raise to complete projects around the world to bring fresh drinking water to communities that do not have easy access to water. They chose to run through our community this morning, so I when Bailey and I saw everyone lining up, we figured it was a cause we could support. The park where Bailey and I are standing in the photo is literally 3 minutes from our front door.
The video tells the tale of need, but the logic for running the race in our neighbourhood is terrific I think. We’re a new community on the water, so bringing water to another community just seems the right thing to do.
Pretty shocking way to have to live your life right? So we hurried home and changed into running clothes and got back over to support this great cause.
Bailey was a big hit there – everyone wanted to come over and pet her and she put on a heck of a show for everyone! See how she helped one of the young ladies checking people into the race?
Anyway – great cause – fun race. Nice music. Great people. Wonderful weather. Nice day all around. I ran rather poorly, but was still lots of fun.