On the way there we passed the Bodie Island Lighthouse. The people - well at least the tourist brochures - seem to think the lighthouses are a big attraction. Well we certainly didn't want to miss a tourist attraction. So we stopped to take a picture of the lighthouse. I actually do like lighthouses so this seemed like a fine idea.
Then it was on to the task at hand - finding a beach. We drove up and down the entire city of Duke and couldn't find a public beach access. After much "discussion"
We hadn't been on the beach more than three minutes when Slugger came across something that he considered to be a big threat. It looked like some sort of empty shell. But according to Slugger it was the scariest most dangerous thing on the planet. He would lean way forward then jump back like he'd been electrocuted.
After doing this for a good 15 minutes he then decided to bark at it.
While the other dogs were playing on the beach, he stood there and barked non-stop for at least thirty minutes before we decided he should play on the beach.
Sparkie and Wazzu had a great time playing with the tennis ball for a while before Wazzu was just too tuckered to play. While I don't normally post many pictures of the dogs, I try to post pictures that show all of you different parts of the country, I just couldn't help sharing these pictures.
Wazzu is standing in the ocean but it looks like she's standing in soapy foam.
My Wazzu just looking adorably cute!
Wazzu concentrating hard on the soon to be thrown tennis ball.
And the chase is on!
Got it!
On the way home I noticed a store called "Outer Bark." Well of course I can't pass a specialty pet store. Oh my goodness, this shop was great. We had left the dogs in the car and when we entered the shop owner asked if we had our dogs in the car. She wanted them to come in. The dogs had a great time checking everything out. Slugger didn't care about anything in the store except the people. He just wanted to visit and everyone happily obliged. The dogs got their picture taken and got LOTS of treats.
This store was great. They had a huge selection of things that were hand made by locals and not found in other stores. It is a really good thing that we don't have a house as I would have bought SO much stuff. Even though it was a fairly small shop there was a huge selection of items that I haven't seen anywhere else. And the lady that owned the shop was such a kind and generous person.
She just lost a dog to cancer and was trying to raise awareness and money to help find a cure. Of course we had to donate to that! She is also huge on rescue and in fact just adopted a dog a couple days ago. She does a lot of work on educating people on the evils of puppy mills and buying dogs from pet stores. It was so visitng with her.
If any of you ever go to the Outer Banks be sure to stop in to the Outer Bark!
After that we were headed to the Hattis Lighthouse. But the rain started, the fog came in, and the winds started whipping up. There was no chance we'd be able to see the lighthouse so we just skipped that and went home. The island is narrow and there is water on both sides....guess that's what makes it an island!
Hopefully, we'll still find land in the morning when we wake up so we can make our way back to the mainland. The only one of us that has a life jacket is Slugger. Now that I think about it that's kind of backward - he's the only one of us that can swim well. Guess we'll have to rethink that one!
I'm thinking we should also buy an anchor to hold us down in this wind. Gads this is a little scary for me. Guess I won't think about living on a small island!
Debbie
11/7/06
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