South Coast4: The Marsh Amber Edition

When Amber was a little puppy, the guest blogger tried to get her to swim. Here we were in the creek in Bethlehem, and she did not want to be in the water. A lab no less: what is wrong. Well , over the years, even pushing her into a lake made no difference: Amber doesn't like water, except for rain and snow, then she goes nuts.

The photo is the difference. The guest blogger was getting pix of the marsh at high tide just to show the difference in the water levels. Of course, Amber came down to the lower porch. I turned and the next thing, after the splash, was Amber in the water scurrying around. Amber, up to her belly in the watery marsh. She moved around the marsh, and I was trying to get her to come to me. She finally did, but I couldn't get her out. Off came the shoes, stepping into the water, and getting her to move to shallower water, I finally lifted her out. She is 12 1/2 years old, and on this trip she's acting like around 6. What a dog!

Now onto the "pod" village. We went to "All Day Breakfast" for brunch/lunch today. JoAnn had the hash/cheese omelet, which I should have had, bye the bye. Breakfast overall was excellent. Then we decided what to do: basic argument, we had left the Nikon behind. We drove around on two different shore routes, and by the George Bush waterfront estate. (We would come back later to take photos: quite the place.) On the way home to get the camera, we also stopped to get some pickled beets, and two jellys at a roadside, honor friendly, stand. These should be good; the beets will be given to the blogger's mother for the ultimate taste test.

Back to the "pod" village: JoAnn punched into Noreen the address for Willowbrook Village, about 35 north/west of our location. Off we went over one of the worst roads know to man. 22 miles of bumbs, woods and no traffic. One would have thought we were in Stephan King land waiting for some roadside attack. Willowbrook Village features exhibits on 19th century crafts and livestyles. Some great displays done in separate buildings. Wish we could publish all the photos that the blogger complained about downloading from the camera. Felt like pod village; I doubt there were a total of 50 people there visiting. Laid back enough to be enjoyable: worth a visit and then never again. (I love the blog's owner and I do like that she wanted to do something different than the South Coast running around.)

Bottom line, we have rain coming on Friday. The lab will be kept on a short leash for the balance of the vacation. Things are good.