Carolina Beach 4 – Monday Morning

We woke to a beautiful sunrise today. Guinness always wakes me at 6:00 to make sure I don’t miss it.

We walked for miles on the beach today. At least I did. Guinness ran and ran non-stop.
I hoped he would enjoy the beach, but I never expected he’d take to it the way he did, running at top speed through the shallows to chase the terns and sandpipers. If they took off seaward, he’d throw himself into the breaking waves, barking in fun and frustration. If they turned landward, he’d light the afterburners and take off after them at full speed. At one point, he got so far ahead of me, he was like a small brown dot.

This went on for an hour! Limitless energy!

I am so grateful that I can trust him off the leash; it gives me so much joy to watch him behave like a real dog.

As for me, I’m doing fine. Aleve is controlling the pain in my right hip, and I am feeling pretty good overall. No new symptoms, and my fever and fatigue have not returned.