The Wind in the Willows

Yesterday was an incredibly windy day, in fact several days now it's been crazy windy blowing in torrential rain and sending fluffy clouds skidding across the sky. Why I chose to head to the beach on such a blustery day is beyond me but it was such a dramatic experience I think I'll repeat it sometime! The dogs didn't seem to mind the wind until we'd been there a while and they, and I, started to get cold.

Archer, Raimi and Leeloo lead the way to the beach. This is the place where the parking lot is separated from the beach by a stretch of grass so we follow this boardwalk for about 300 metres. Synchronized beach digging. It was so windy the dogs could almost fly. Doesn't Archer look tough? Not sure if it's the wind blowing back his lips or his irritation that Leeloo can beat him up with one paw behind her back. There is a large mound of dirt being slowly eroded by the wind and sea and today we climbed to the top of it. Perhaps not the best day to do so. Leeloo doing her best "Goodbye cruel world!" Check out the crashing waves off shore.

Raimi is pretty big and perhaps he didn't feel as safe as the dogs that were lower to the ground. That's Halo at the edge of the world behind him.

On our walk back to the truck we were headed into the wind and the dogs weren't sure it was such a good idea. Raimi peered over the ridgeline to see where I was on the beach and eventually came down to walk with me although he was pretty sure he didn't like it.

Archer, Raimi and Halo demonstrating what floppy ears do in the wind.

On the way back I walked on the beach with the young dogs and Halo walked along the other side of the ridgeline in the grass. Every so often she'd pop her head up to see where we were and then pop back down to walk in the relatively wind free grass. No way was she walking in the wind where the sea spray could get her wet. Sometimes she is smarter than I ever give her credit for.