Fido Swimfest!

August 23rd, 2015

Today the Urbana city pool is allowing dogs to come swim for free in the pools as it is closing for the year, this is the second annual event. 

Jessie got in the water and didn't mind the kiddy pool but wasn't all that crazy about the deep pool. Deanna wonders if it is because the water is so clear and she can see the bottom. I'm thinking next weekend I am going to take her kayaking again, we will see if she still has the same interest n jumping in the lake again. :)

Before she got wet!

Happy Anniversary!

August  9th, 2015

Well today makes 35 years since we got married! Seems so quick.

Today we are going to venture over to Marble Head Lighthouse. They were giving tours but I forgot it was on Saturday and not Sunday :-/. When we arrived it wasn't too busy but before we left it was hopping. The waves were pretty active.

Jessie wanted in the water but when I took her out on the rocks and she got splashed by the waves she wasn't so impressed :)

On the way home Jessie got tired of riding

Her debut at Marble Head

Maumee Bay

August 8th, 2015

We made our first trip to Maumee Bay in Oregon Ohio to the State Park. We came here for our Anniversary of 35 years! Beautiful weather and we had no rain and temps were low 80's most of the time. Maumee Bay Park is laid out like the fingers of your hand with a cul-de-sac  at each end. We were on one of these cul-de-sac' s  with a pond on the back side of us. We opted to pull in towards the pond so we could see it in the morning rather than the neighbors rv.
     The beach is only about a mile away by road or a little less if you take the bike trail. This weekend the beach's have a algae bloom alert so not many swimmers but a few.

Saw lots of deer  and even saw one doe with 4 fawns. That was weird, the ranger suspects she may have adopted 2 of them if maybe the mother was killed.

While there I did a little metal detecting on the beach, that was a flop. Think I found .12c. Ohio grooms and sifts their beaches to probably keep glass and crap out but in the mean time they get all the good stuff..
Jessie wasn't allowed on the beach which was just as well since we wouldn't let her get in the water with the algae warnings.