Thank you so much for the nice compliments and sweet words. We have no doubt that Star, and Bailey and Bella would just love to go,too!! It's the dogs life out there!

Glad everybody liked the paws in the sand pic. That was the last pic on the camera (we didn't take the digi to the beach) and I took it only on a whim.

Par, yes the water was *cold*. Malone was the only one swimming the entire length of the beach and we walked for at least 2 miles. I waded in several times, but my toes went numb after a minute or so.

No ticks really, but the mosquitos were really bad. We couldn't stay out at night unless we had a campfire going since the smoke drove them away. That's the one real drawback to camping. I love every other aspect.