Tuday wuz ANUDDER *Nice* Day - 70 or more ticks onna thermo stick!
Dad spent till 2 a-klok wiffa Fuir Guyz - "Drivin Skewel"
Felt kinda bad we wuz inna howze so long - so aftur a LATE Lunch -
*BUS TRIP*!!

Off to check da wadder at West Branch Reservoir - behind da big
Michael J. Kirwan Dam ... Wadder is UP!!
Park da Bus inna lot wiffa boat trailers and trott down to da rampz.
Ebberbuddie <dipped> a toe or two - WOW! - Wadder is a bit *NIPPIE*!

Lotta *Yippin* an *Yappin* started, so Dad let us all romp out
onna long dockz when der wuz onlee a kupla boatz uzin da rampz ...
Wanna <JUMP> in?

Well <JUMP> iz da Magik Wurd -
so SmokeMutt started <JUMPin> up & down an *WHININ* ...
I wuz wunderin jest how KOLD it mite be ...
An Lil Bowz wuz <lookin wurried> ...

Dad kept Bowz onna ropey an left Smoke & me <hooked> onna Y-Thingy
an sed "OK, <JU..>" ...

Ya don't need ta tell Smoke more dan wunst ...

*Ker-SPLOOSH*!!!
Anna Furst Dive of da Seezun wuz In da Wadder!
Smoke's IN >>>



Since I wuz <tied> ta HIM - Whut da Hey ...

"Wait fur ME, Smoke!!"


Hey, Not Bad ... az long az we keep <movin>!



*Gang-Way*, Bowz - We'z comin thru!!



We <jump'd> in anudder six timez or so - till Dad noticed
da SmokeMutt wuz doin sum <Shivvvvverin> onna dock ~
so we hadda <sit> it out inna sun fur a while...

Dad took da *oppertunitee* to <call> da Bowzie over to da
"shallow" wadder at da shore end of da dock (onlee a foot deep) ...

"Oh Bowzie; step over here a minute, Bub ...
<PUSH>

*SPLOOP*


Hiz lil EYEs got purdy *BIG* -
but he <bobbed> up like a CORK an hardlee gotz his HED wet!
(We think he wuz touchin bottom!)

Dad kept movin out onna dock - an aftur da third <PUSH> an *SPLOOP*
Dad wuz PAWZ-a-tive he WUZ "Floatin like a CORK"
an MUSTA figgered out how ta <spin> hiz lil PAW-pellerz -
kuz he kept movin inta shore all by hiz SELF!



Bowz <pawzed> ta ask ...
"Dis BAFF Tub seems a bit DEEP, don'cha think?
An when duz ya get ta SOAP?"

a few more, commin up >>>

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