Kia's Big Day Out (part 4 Tolt River, Carnation, WA)

Next stop was Tolt River in Carnation. What a glorious day it was for Kia to be able to check out the river. We parked in a shady spot and because there were quite a few cars in the lot we decided to leave Tim in the car while we took Skip and Kia up to check out the river. Tim can get a little over reactive when we see other people and dogs and we weren't sure how many people we would bump into. Because we don't want Kia to feed off of that energy or decide that people and dogs are to be afraid of or barked at we felt this was the best decision. Skip is great in public and he was instrumental in showing Kia the fun that the water held.

Here she got to experience sand beneath her feet.

Kia was super curious about the river, no hesitation

Skip and Kia went right in together, she was really mirroring Skip and what he was doing.

Then she started to splash around!

Skip looking for a stick to rescue, his favorite water activity

This was a great little swimming hole, they found this spot enticing.

Dave threw a stick in for Skip to rescue and he gets right to work.

Kia serves as back up for Skip

No water adventure would be complete without a roll in the dirt.

When we got home we had one tired pup on our hands....

...sweet dreams......