owen had his first adventure on the dinghy today. he wasn't too thrilled with being passed over the railing and into jimminy. so much so that he lept up high out of the dinghy, and onto cricket's deck four feet above. i helped him back into jimminy, and into pam's arms for comfort. we motored over to a nearby sandy, shelly shore to explore. owen did what his mother, allie did when confronted with a completely new terrain. he found the nearest ""cave" (in this case some dense bushes) and holed up until he could observe his surroundings for a while, and then slowly venture out from there. he didn't naturally want to come too near the wavy shoreline, but was happy to explore the grass and bushes and sand a few yards back from it. he enjoyed watching pam and i explore the shoreline for nice rocks and shells and driftwood. he found a perfect sandy spot to dig and pee. his first time peeing outdoors this trip. i figured, as a guy, this must have been very enjoyable to him. he covered his business up and i thought, "yeah! he does know how to do this. he just needed a primative setting to trigger his instincts (see the earlier blog on pooping). then he continued to dig, and dug up what he had just done, and i thought, "o well. never mind." once, when pam went around a corner, and i stayed behind with him he started to try to follow pam and meowed in great worry, just like my old dog henry would have done, which warmed our hearts completely (only henry whined instead of meowed, of course). we had owen on a leash, so he couldn't go far, so i went through grass and under bushes so he could find his beloved mother in an adjacent beach. i found an old glass pepsicola bottle! i love old bottles! treasaarrre! pam found a good small pile of polished white and dark stones with which to play backgammon with. i also found a nice twisty piece of driftwood that looks like a snake. we brought all our booty back to the boat. owen was very happy to upon his beloved cricket once more, and immediately went below to hunker himself into a cozy nap.
also today we had little baths from the side of cricket, between the jellyfish. this evening we went over to our neighbors boat and enjoyed some good conversation in thier cockpit. there was another boat who was having great trouble anchoring, so we went over to help them. wow! i've learned enough now to help somebody else!
tonight is the 3rd of july, and i could hear a nearby town's fireworks, and see a very little bit of them over the shores treeline. i am going to sleep out under the stars tonight, on cricket's deck! yeah! pam is in our berth just below me, so it's like bunk beds again!
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