Yesterday traffic was too awful for us to drive anywhere, so Dad suggested that we have an adventure right in our own back yard. I learned how to swim!
Here is dad, walking toward the lake with an oar.
This is dad. He's doing something funny with the oar.
Mom didn't want to show what he was doing with the oar.
The oar basically looks like a big stick.
Is there something on the ground?
I'm pretty sure that this is just a big stick.
Hawk.
There were lots of them yesterday.
I got all tangled up!
I could barely walk!
I decided to roll around when I was free.
Here I am exploring the beach.
I'm wading out a little bit here.
I'm wading a little ffarther.
Here I am sniffing in the overgrowth again.
Here I am trotting back out into the water.
Here I am with Mom.
I'm shaking off in the water. Dad says this is Dim.
I'm a little deeper now!
Now I'm all wet!
This is as far out as I've ever been.
I'm very soggy.
Now look! I can swim!
It's not very deep here, but it's deeper than my legs.
Dad got in the kayak to give me someone to chase.
Father and son!
I'm stepping away for a moment.
I'm such a happy dog!
Ooo - I saw a really big stick!
Dad floats and watches me.
I'm sure I can grab it if I get the right angle.
Got a piece of it!
Now Mom is in the kayak.
I'm so excited!
I'm running.
Back to the stick.
I'll get it eventually
Mom's got a better stick.
I want to play tug.
I really want to play tug.
No, come on, it's my stick.
I want it!
I'll tug you to shore, Mom!
And now I'll tug you back out!
This is some kind of water bird. 
Here I am, waiting for Mom to hurry up. There is something else that I see off in the distance beyond Mom, but that will come up later. 
This is a bird. 
I don't know why Mom liked the bird so much.
But she did. It made a funny sound. 
It's not a very exciting bird, when I look at the pictures.
But it didn't seem afraid of us at all. 
Here I am with Dad, frolicking in the salt marsh. 
I wanted to get in the water here. Dad wanted to let me but Mom remembered that there is a better place for that farther on. 
I'm trying to get at something, but I can't remember what. 
Okay, I can come back now.
This is the Myles Standish Monument, overlooking Duxbury. 
These are two butterflies doing their best flower impression. 
This is a pretty flower. 
This is a closer shot of the pretty flower. 
There is a bee on this flower. 
It is pollenating the flower. 
Mom says it is the Miracle of Life. 
Here I am galloping up the path to the beach. There is something waiting for me on the other side! 
This is a clear sign that zombies have been here. 
This is what was waiting for me! The dog on the let is Samantha. She is fifteen years old, but she doesn't look or act it. 
This is Beau. He is a Basset Hound. 
We met another fun doggie friend, another Golden named Hogan, but he didn't play with us. He wanted to chase rocks. So Mom only took pictures of the playing doggies. 
I really liked Beau. 
So did Dad. He wanted Mom to take lots of pictures. This is the best one of me and Beau! 
