A morning at the beach

At this time of year there are a lot of holiday makers up in the Bay Of Islands. Great for us, as the Acorn is booked out solidly, so we'll try to save the income and go to Rarotonga in September, which will be a huge bonus!
However, it does mean that the beaches are packed.

Yesterday we were having our house sprayed.
It's the lesser of 2 evils - spray or white tails - I choose spray!

We had to be away for 4 hours.
So we took the dogs to our secret beach. It's way, way at the end of a dirt road. Holiday makers would never find it unless someone told them, which means that if you go early, there's a very good chance you'll get the whole beach to yourself  - excellent if you have three large dogs.

We arrived and it was deserted! Whoohoo!
There is nothing our dogs like better than the beach. Lulah goes in swimming just for the sheer joy of it. Bob loves it too and it's incredibly good for his arthritis - which has been amazingly good since he's on tablets for it - so much so that our lovely vet said to try giving it to him every second day and see how things go.

Brodie likes the water very much, but is more of a paddler.

Anyway, we had a very enjoyable couple of hours. Just as we were leaving 4 guys launched their wee boat to go for a fish, but apart from that we didn't see a soul. Rock on secret beaches!!

And didn't the dogs have fun!

Check out Bob's teeth!!

Look, I can do a handstand!

Lula having a shake!! Anyone else think of the comedy show "Little Britain" when they see this? heehee. (I'll give you a hint...look into the eyes, the eyes, the eyes...)

Bob decided to dry himself on Lloyd, who thankfully, thought it was pretty funny!