CURRENT LOCATION: Anchored in Ensenada Honda, near town on Culebra
18 18.301' N, 065 18.007' W
Pet sitting at
Palmetto Guesthouse
We are currently responsible for the care and well being of
three dogs. And, although they each have their own unique personalities, none stands out quite so grandly as George's. Although I am not at all familiar with his breeding, I would suspect that George is part Attention Hound. Whenever one of us is moving anywhere around the house, George is there. The other two dogs sleep in their own places, but where is George? In bed with us.
Yesterday we took the dogs for a walk at Zoni Beach. It was a beautiful afternoon, and the puppies were full of energy. Digging for crabs and carrying coconuts seemed to be the beach activities they preferred. I suspected that George was a fetcher, so when we got down to the end of the beach and nobody else was around I dared to let him off the leash for a spell. I was only half-correct about his fetching proclivities. When I threw the stick, he took off after it with gusto. Unfortunately, though, the concept of returning the stick was foreign to him. Instead, he became possessive of that piece of wood and guarded it with his life. Lacking sufficient pet control with a toss and return incentive, I felt I must put the little bundle of unpredictable energy back on his leash.
Despite our self-imposed restriction to keeping the dogs on leads, by the time we returned from our walk and washed all the sand off both humans and canines everyone was tired. We slept comfortably under the drone of an air conditioner while the sky opened up for a lengthy nighttime downpour. As my head lay upon the pillow, a smile formed on my face, "No hatches to close," I thought to myself before I promptly rolled over and went back to sleep. This respite from the boat is one which we are truly enjoying to its fullest extent. Now you'll have to excuse me while I go heat up something in the microwave for lunch. I think I'll wash it down with a glass of soda poured over ice. Life is good.