11.06.13

morning run:
Stella
Lily
Daisy
Twiggy
Luna
Amber
Petey
Hazel
(8)

To the beach via the swimming hole: ~7k. We went out the dead goat trail but skipped the turn to the north because there were already salt workers there; instead we went the old way to the tortuga crossroads, where there were salt workers as well (probably from the same group). I took us back south through the intersection, to the swimming hole and to the beach at Au Soleil Couchant, avoiding all of the salt workers on the way home by taking the road south on the other side of the near charcos to the cut-over and the alt. land bridge. Stella was on the leash for most of the run; I let her off before the swimming hole but put her back on on the Au Soleil Couchant road because she was already lagging and screwing around. The monte exhaled us onto the beach at Au Soleil Couchant in a cloud of mosquitoes, which clung to us for most of the way to the tortuga sign. Mudo brought his boat up on the beach just south of us as we were heading that way and we all said hi; the dogs thought the boat was neat and everyone behaved themselves. You can see the grass is starting to grow in all of the trails and the bugs are starting to get worse in the monte as fresh water from recent rain sits in puddles everywhere. As long as you keep a decent pace it isn't too bad when it's a bit overcast like today. Good group.
GRADE: A