Geese and swans and sticks oh my!

I think Boone had a pretty darn good day today. It was the first sunny day day in what feels like forever, not a rain cloud in sight. So me and the boyfriend as well as Booney hopped into the car and went off to do some errands before I was shown how to get down to the lake. The first place we got to we couldn't get now to the water, there was a small spot we might have been able to get down but it was pretty gross looking. Boone had to deal with bird watching from afar. Poor guy was quivering wanting to get at them so bad. Boyfriend brought up that he knew another place further down the road where he thought I might be able to get down by the water, so off we went.

Sure enough we were able to get down by the water. The beach was separated by thin groupings of trees and brush in 3-4 different sections. The first one we happened upon had a family with several small kids so I opted to move onto the next when I saw the trail going through the tree grouping. There were a few people there as well so onto the third, no one was at this section but it had a flock of geese, swans and ducks sitting just off shore and on the beach. Boone froze and just watched them, so being the evil woman I am I let him off the leash and he bolted into the flock of birds. The birds either took to the water and swam out to what they thought was a safe distance which was only a few meters off shore or took to the air. Several mostly the geese and a one swan started flapping their wings and honking at him once they were a "safe" distance away. The swan in particular was rather upset, one goose started to come after him at one point.

The water was too gross for myself but I figure Boone could use some fun in the water so finding a stick I started tossing it into the water, the swan was not impressed and got pretty upset several times but didn't come after him, mostly just alot of talk and no action. Boone was unfazed now that he had his stick. We stayed until a couple came down and set up "camp", umbrella, radio, towels, cooler and started stripping down to their swimsuits so I figured they were going to be around awhile may as well head back to the car. So back we went, Boone is passed out in his crate, barking and running in his sleep so I take that as he had a good day. I never thought to bring my camera unfortunately.