my doG blog: The Pack Does Bandon Oregon

We have been in Bandon, Or for the last week and what a wonderful time we have been having. We are staying in a vacation home with private access to the beach and we have basically had the place to our selves! This makes it so nice for our 4 dogs because they can run all over the beach and we don't have to worry about them bothering other people and/or dogs. What a great way to spend our days walking, talking, and doing one of our favorite things, watching our dogs be dogs.

These first few pictures were taken down at Devil's Kitchen beach. Skip loves it when we come to the fresh water tributaries. He could play in the water and pull sticks out and explore for hours. Skip really turns into a happy boy when on the beach which is so wonderful to see.

Jenny likes to look for something she can try to eat...we have to really watch her as she has found a few things too <smile>

Skip takes a moment from his exploring for me to get a picture.

He loves to drag driftwood around.

Okay mom...yes I am a handsome boy now stop calling my name and let me get to my exploration!

These next set of photos are from a hike we did at South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, in Charleston, OR. If you ever get down to Bandon or are just passing through the area I would recommend this light and easy loop hike which goes through some pretty old forest, out over a series of wonderful boardwalks which go over sensitive wetlands and out to a big salt marsh where there is tons of bird action. Kingfishers, Canadian Geese, Cormorants, were just a few that we spied. They do allow dogs on leash only and kept under control.

A big flock of Canadian Geese flew over the salt marsh. They were so close not only could we hear that they seemed to have individual honks but we could also hear their wings flapping. What a beautiful sight. Liza stands on her hind legs wishing they didn't have a leash rule so she could run along after them.

On top of a large lookout platform was a bench. We thought this bench made a good impromptu photo shoot for the dogs.

l-r Jenny, Skip, Liza, Birdie (Jenny just wanted down, Skip and Birdie are always very attentive to what is being asked of them, and Liza is usually interested in something else of treats aren't involved.

Skip and Birdie with leashes off only for the picture.

I had asked Birdie to "stay" with her hand signal (she is deaf) and Dave had asked Skip to "shake" They are so cute!

Skip and Liza, got Liza to focus for a split second.

We sat on a nice viewing deck that looks out over the expanse of the salt marsh. It was so peaceful and again we had the place to ourselves.

Skip wanted to go into the water but no such luck, he was reeled in very fast and put back on the trail where he belonged.

The first day of our stay I took these photos. It was hard to get pictures as the dogs had been cooped up in the car for the whole day so they were pretty stoked to run around on the beach and get their wiggles out.