Evidence of long ago logging documents the size of some of the trees that used to grow around the lake. All around, lie smaller logs that have been knocked down by wind or by the annual flooding of the lake as heavy rainfall swells the feeder creeks, or snow melt causes the lake to rise.
So the lake has areas where a boater must take care to avoid half-sunken logs and deadheads.
One such deadhead was just below the surface of the lake, so some thoughtful person attached a white float marker to it as a warning to boaters. I don’t have a photo of this marker, but it was a fair distance from shore.
I should mention that when Emma was only six months old, the Captain was walking along the banks of the Missouri River with her in Montana. Without warning, Emma jumped from the four-foot-high bank into the river. She loves the water.
So you can guess what she did as we motored along, and Emma spied the float. She must have thought it was a duck that needed to be retrieved.
A flying leap, an Olympic dive, two gasps from us in the boat!
The Captain immediately shut down the outboard motor, called his enthusiastic dog back to the boat, and hoisted her aboard. I expected to get shaken on, but what I didn’t count on was that she leaned on me on her way back to her front row seat and got my backside sopping wet before she gave me her shower.
I remember the Captain asking me then if I still loved my dog.
May 23, 2021 at 11:29 pm
That used to be a huge tree! It’s been heartbreaking reading about the further old-growth logging that’s still happening. Politicians can’t help themselves, it seems.
Emma is such a cutie, and I love the puppy photo.
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May 24, 2021 at 8:43 am
I feel the same way about the old-growth forests. It takes SO long for those trees to grow.
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May 24, 2021 at 12:38 am
Good dog, dries off right after swimming.
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May 24, 2021 at 8:37 am
On ME!
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May 24, 2021 at 4:50 am
Emma is just the cutest! I love that face.
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May 24, 2021 at 8:37 am
We’re biased, but we agree with you.
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May 24, 2021 at 6:03 am
“I remember the Captain asking me then if I still loved my dog.”
And the answer was, I’m sure, a “yes”. ;
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May 24, 2021 at 8:38 am
I might have said, “Gimme a minute.”
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May 24, 2021 at 7:33 am
Such a sweet girl, Anneli. I recall boating on a Michigan lake that was so clear that you could see every stump trying to tear your hull apart!
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May 24, 2021 at 8:40 am
This lake is pretty clear too, but with the hills next to it, the dark green reflection makes it harder to see.
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May 24, 2021 at 3:51 pm
LOL!!!! She needed her Mom so she could make sure everything was ok ;). And I bet she smelled like wet dog!!! Great photos, Anneli!
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May 24, 2021 at 4:03 pm
Yeah, and I still love her. 😉
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May 26, 2021 at 3:28 pm
Of course you do!
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May 24, 2021 at 7:18 pm
She looks very much at home in the boat as well as in the water. 😊
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May 24, 2021 at 7:20 pm
Yes, she loves it!
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May 24, 2021 at 8:47 pm
Beautiful photos
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May 24, 2021 at 9:04 pm
Thank you, Ana.
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May 25, 2021 at 12:18 am
Beautiful photos! You´ve seen Emma once and it was love for ever, she is a very pretty and lovable dog!
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May 25, 2021 at 7:39 am
Exactly so, Ursula. She can do no wrong (haha). But she really is very in tune with her people. I think she thinks she’s a person.
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May 25, 2021 at 1:50 pm
Sweet Doggie. And a great hiking friend.
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May 25, 2021 at 1:55 pm
Yes, she’s a good buddy.
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May 26, 2021 at 3:44 pm
Beautiful lake for a grand day out with doggy! Such an adventurous pup, perhaps she was hoping you would join her swim!
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May 26, 2021 at 3:58 pm
We did that last year, but we beached the boat first!
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May 26, 2021 at 4:24 pm
I expect the water would be a tad cool and refreshing!
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May 26, 2021 at 4:30 pm
It’s a bit cool just now but not too bad. We were there a month later last year and it was quite pleasant.
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May 28, 2021 at 4:06 am
Emma is such a cutie.
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May 28, 2021 at 7:27 am
She sure surprised us with that flying leap into the water.
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May 28, 2021 at 6:06 pm
I bet she did!
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May 29, 2021 at 8:06 am
I’ve finally decided that our dogs think we WANT to be showered by them. That we enjoy it. Why else would they shake right in front of us, always? Awwww, Emma is such a cutie. That front-on photo of her face melts my heart. “Do you still love your dog?” Haha. More than ever, you said in reply (maybe not…)
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May 29, 2021 at 3:02 pm
Funny, isn’t it, how they come looking for us to shake on!
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May 30, 2021 at 8:57 am
ALWAYS.
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May 29, 2021 at 8:10 am
That’s a good story, Anneli. Why we love dogs!
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May 29, 2021 at 3:04 pm
In spite of their bad habits!
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May 29, 2021 at 5:17 pm
They have bad habits? Hmm…
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June 1, 2021 at 2:51 pm
You are such a great photographer, Anneli and Emma is so sweet and innocent looking!
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June 1, 2021 at 3:20 pm
Thanks, Carol. She really is sweet and we’ve spoiled her just a little bit.
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January 29, 2023 at 4:25 pm
Great read thank you
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January 29, 2023 at 5:24 pm
Thanks for reading, Alexis.
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