A Good Weekend
by Zia ~ July 25th, 2005. Filed under: Pets, Travel.The Oregon coast was crazy this weekend. Short Sands was PACKED. There was no place to park, so we just walked on the beach at Hug Point (which is too windblown to surf).
Then we started the search for a campground. There was nothing. We finally managed to claim a stretch of grass four feet from the road in a very, um, interesting campground. The best I can say about its other inhabitants is that they were quiet– mainly because they were all passed out cold. (We’re not counting the boys singing “We will rock you” at the top of their lungs or the monster trucks driving through the river.) Who knew there was such a difference between a four dollar camp site and a ten dollar one?
Still, we got to the beach yesterday and it was a nice weekend. One of the nice things about Short Sands is that it’s filled with surfers, who tend to be very laid back when it comes to letting their dogs wander about ownerless. So I don’t feel any guilt about letting Harry loose.
And who would have guessed? Harry has a talent! He has an unerring sense of who will pay him attention. Basically, he wanders over to complete strangers, flomps down on the sand right next to them … and waits. Never for very long, though–the people he picks always start laughing and give him tons of love.
At which point I turn to Steve and say, “See? Everyone DOES thing he’s as cute as I think he is.”