Dani,

That dog won the lottery when she found you.

You stories are amazing, many folks on here share up some wonderful stuff, the photos, the memories... A real legacy.

I have to live vicariously through them as I am over in Thailand still after spending summer and fall back in Oregon with My mother.

I lost the old red dog this last visit back and really miss his presence and funny ways. The rolling in the grass and snorting especially.

I'd like to get another bird dog, but not while I am bouncing back and forth between coountries... A dog will need me around all the time and I'd feel like it wsn't right to leave for 5-6 months at a stretch.

If and when we get another dog, I'll need to figure out some sort of floating platform for it to be able to do fetches on the river out back. We've got the seawall and then have the tides which swing out up to 15 feet to contend with.... It'd be a lot more fun for the dog to be able to swim for bumpers and stuff when the tide is slacked out back. Other folks that have fishing boats have put in docks that are up on pilings... Maybe we'll need one that I can make a raft style floating platform on.

It is something I have been thinking on.


I am going to try to paddle out to the mangroves today at the mouth of the river a couple of miles away. There are a colony of flying foxes that have started hanging out there during the days to sleep and rest in the treetops that I want to get photos of. We'll see how it goes.

Love all of the stories, you guys and gal, please keep them coming.





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