Thursday

After lunch we drove Toby to Wall Springs Park. We started out on the Coastal Trail when we came upon two skate boarders. One skate boarder had jumped off and her skate board was traveling down the asphalt trail without her, heading directly at Toby, or so he must have imagined. He freaked out, tucked his ears, turned around, and headed back to the car. We had no choice but to abandon our Coastal Trail walk.

When we got back to the trail head at the entrance to Wall Springs, we sat on the benches and let Toby collect himself.

 

 

After a while, we headed north on the Pinellas Trail towards the Dunn Water Treatment Facility, about a half mile away.

 

He adjusted well and we enjoyed our walk. The temperature was about 77 degrees, and the warmth of the sun made us all sleepy.

This morning on our causeway walk we spotted a dolphin from the drawbridge. You can see his fin near the first boat wake in the foreground above.

It was a beautiful morning, a warm 65 degrees.

The ferry from Caledesi is coming in to dock at Honeymoon Island.

 

 

We spotted this beautiful tree bark on our afternoon walk. 

 On that walk, Toby met "Aunt Mary's," dogs, Guinness and Madison.

 

 

 

 We tried these crab cakes from Publix.

 

They were okay, but we're spoiled from eating the crab cakes from Jensen Brothers Seafood. 

 

Some blooming flowers in February.

 

 

 It's not called Florida for nothing.

Yesterday, I went outside to look at the yard and enjoy the sun when John called from inside the house saying that he couldn't find Toby. Did he get outside, he asked? I couldn't imagine how, so I went inside to look for him: closets, bathroom, etc. Finally, I looked under the bed, one of his favorite hiding places when he was a puppy and there he was . . . stuck. He hasn't been able to get under the bed for months, but somehow he willed himself to do so when one of his balls rolled under it.

John tried pulling him out, but he wouldn't come out because it was too tight of a fit. I lifted the bed by the side rails. I could only lift it about an inch, but it was enough for John to grab Toby and pull him out. It's never boring around here.

Miles walked: 10.6
Miles biked: 0