24.12.10

morning run:
Oscar
Otto
Archie
Chester
Rufus
Frankie
Jack
(7)

Nice to have seven. We left late, but there was a chill in the air and this is yet another fast group, so we still managed to crank out 10k. We went south to start with; the land bridge is now finally drying out and is only ~30% under water. From there we went south down the main road, east into the monte, all the way north on the palapa-on-stilts road, to the hidden trail and down to the beach, south to the tortuga sign and home via the monte. I would've gone back into the monte at Au Soleil Couchant, but Frankie really wanted to eat the nasty fish on the beach, and I didn't see any reason to make a fuss about it, so we just kept going. The beach is not as gross as it has been of late, but there is no good place on it to run due to all of the detritus strewn along the shore from storms and low tides. The water is chilly, but clear, and very shallow for a long way out. At least the sea birds love it, so that's fun to see. Just as we were arriving at the north corner of the cow pasture and the dirty road a small fox went flying across the road 20m ahead of us, and I do mean flying: it was literally two feet in the air when we saw it, and had obviously realized that there were seven dogs right there. Rufus, Frankie, Jack, Otto and Oscar gave chase, but it was a fairly desultory affair; either they were tired, they realized the futility of their chase (there was no way they were going to catch it), or they're just all very well behaved doggies, but they were all back with me within 30 seconds.
GRADE: A