16.10.11

morning run:
Chester
Truman
Blue
Archie
Ernie
Elewah
Jack
Monkey
(8)

North via the dirty road, the middle land bridge, the cut over and the intersection to the swimming hole, continuing north to the Au Soleil Couchant road (north fork), east and then south at the intersection and home via the palapa road, the southern charcos, the main road and the land bridge: ~8k. Out on the palapa road near the bend that curls around the bottom of the southern charcos Jack got a little strange: he simply refused to come along with us, like he had seen a ghost. Everyone else including Elewah was with me but he just stood and barked a little at us until finally a few of the dogs ran back to see what he was on about; there was nothing discernible in the bushes and once we got back to him he was okay and continued on with us. Strange. Just after we turned onto the bend west that heads to the land bridge we ran into four full-grown dogs that I don't recall seeing before: one cream colored one, two black ones and one kind of reddish brown. The all bolted west across the land bridge with Ernie, Jack, Elewah and Truman in pursuit and me, Monkey, Archie and Chester not far behind. There was no barking at all, which I found odd. They dove into the bushes just to the north of the cove formed by the land bridge. I ran ahead to the intersection where the dirty road meets the road to the land bridge and called for our dogs until they came out - it took a couple of minutes for the last straggler to reach me (Elewah). The entire time I heard no barking or signs of a melee, although the dogs to the northwest around the HoJo could be heard faintly in the distance. At this point I scooped Elewah up and walked most of the way home just to avoid any more surprises.
GRADE: B

short jaunt:
Floyd
(1)

Around the cow pasture.
GRADE: A