Anyway, last week the weather was good enough for us to bundle up baby, pack up our new puppy, and head to Auke Bay (one of my favorite beaches here in town).
We went to Super Bear, grabbed some fried chicken (which neither of us like very much) and some jojos, and headed out the road.
After scarfing our meal, we packed baby into my wrap, where she nestled in and slept like an angel. She looked so cute and cozy in her little bear snowsuit!
Puppy did not want to walk (and who can blame her - she's so tiny right now!), so Tim packed her in his jacket.
We walked down the hillside to the beach and passed the main cabin where a bunch of people were drinking by the fire. Our little puppy stirred up quite the frenzy. The women were fawning over Truffles as if she were the cutest little thing they had ever seen. It kind of bugged me, only because they were pretty flippant toward Esther. Call me crazy, but I think people here in Alaska some times put more stock in their dogs! Oh well! It was a very interesting interaction, nonetheless!
They called our dog "Tootsie" which had us contemplating a name change (it would be funny to say that a group of drunks named our dog), but that only lasted about 5 seconds. Truffles just suits our puppy better and Tootsie sounded too trashy or cheap. My apologies to anyone who likes the name for a dog!
Anyway, after talking a while with this particular group, we began our hike across the rocky beach. It was pretty slick in a lot of places and I could not see my feet since baby was hanging out front (almost like being pregnant again), so we took it pretty slow. The air was nippy, a crisp feel of winter biting our cheeks, and the water was sparkling gorgeously despite the lack of sun.
Our eyes caught movement in the water and we stopped to try to discern what was dipping in an out. It did not take long to see that it was a big otter carrying a double-ugly in its mouth. We watched as he snaked his way to the shore and climbed up on some rocks about 50 feet from us.
Tim snagged a ton of photos, including the one below, while the big guy ate. He was completely unconcerned by us. Tim walked up on him and the otter barely looked his direction. It was so wonderful!
After we watched him for a while, we completed our hike by walking the rest of the beach and hiking through the woods back to the car. Amazingly, Esther slept the entire time. What a little angel! And what a fun mid-winter outing! We're so blessed :)
I am so jealous,everytime we take a winter drive all we see are the 2 legged animals not very exciting! Cute pictures of Baby! Where is the dog?
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