26.08.10

morning run:
Gracie
Bette
Osita
Rita
Ernie
Gowron
Frankie
(7)

Another all-monte run to the north, this time off-roading around one of the charcos just north of no-man's land, to the west of where we went last time. I've been there before, but when it was dry; today there was a lot of slogging through water up to my ankles or even knees in places. In a few spots we had to turn back because of a combination of slippery, hard bottom and deep water; there is an algae that grows on the bottom sometimes that is slipperier than ice. Osita doesn't like to ford crossings that are too deep, and we had to turn around at the end and run an extra km with her on the leash because she wouldn't come to me to make a short-cut (I was going to carry her across). Otherwise all good. We saw one lone flamingo up close in a northern charco, and a group of 6 overflew us at close range on the way home.
GRADE: B