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supply of beer. No! Today requires a bit more productive effort. First I’ll fix the oar that I broke last evening. I was rowing hard into about a 15 knot wind and just as I got to Someday, one of my oars broke. Since a stiff breeze seems to continually blow through the anchorage (Las Brisas nonetheless) this time of year, the options of a broken oar are as follows: fix it; put the noisy outboard on the dinghy, or continually go around in a circle with the one good oar. As soon as I started fiddling with the oar, Ana envisioned a doggy fun trip ashore. One with running and retrieving sticks I threw into the sea. She jumped in and out of the dinghy at least 10 times to spur on my repair job. After about two hours, it was done and ready to use. So, off we rowed, I navigated us into the large boat ramp, currently the residence of the remains of the no longer floating dock. Being unable to contain herself, Ana jumped ship, or more accurately jumped dinghy and swam ashore from about 50 feet out. When I got to the ramp, I shocked the few people watching by promptly flipping the dinghy over. The bottom needed cleaning.
Ana did dog things, like chasing a stick I threw into
the water, running up and down the ramp, barking at all manner of birds, trying to get innocent bystanders to pet her, and lastly, but just as significantly, doing what human females do. She applied fragrances to her neck. In her case, of course, the fragrance was eau do fleuer of dead fish. Naturally, she was required to go swimming again. I
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had not brought any shampoo for her, so swimming alone had to suffice. Finally, she had washed enough fish slime off, that I could attach her chain to her collar and off we went. When we had walked past the built up area along the water I let her off the leash. Like a shot, she ran after a flock of local vultures who were helping with garbage control; They flew off like a noisy cloud. She was very impressed with her power. Not three minutes later, she took off after a cat. Both feline and canine disappeared around the corner of a building. I did notice, that Ana quickly got to within three feet of the cat, but did not get any closer. Chasing, but not intending to catch. She had already learned about getting her nose too close to cats. Again, she promptly returned with a big victorious smile on her mug. Back on her leash, all the way home; first, being tugged by the little terrierist; then a little ice cream to share. I have been trying to teach her more things, and now I am going to work on teaching her to row the dinghy. I suppose fixing an oar is outside her capacity. Then again, maybe not.
Bill Nokes s/v Someday
Chetco Cove, OR GS 41
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