The dogs and I have been busy and hot this week. Almost all of the winter storm damage has been cleaned up but the weeds have thrived. Between pulling weeds, I went on a search for parts to upgrade Ferrari. With only two dogs, I wanted the rig to be lighter and more efficient. I also want the illusive working brakes. The computer geek saw pictures of proposed rig changes while waiting for my hard drive to clean. It turns out he is also a welder. He sent me on the search for parts. I have now looked at every 20", used bike in the Eugene/Springfield area and today finally found parts for two identical bikes.
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| Koyuk checking out the rig and parts |
Weed pulling is hot work. Swimming is the best way for me to cool off. Willy's claws had destroyed every air-mattress I bought (and my back when he tried to climb on me while swimming). Knowing that Koyuk's nails would probably do the same, I came up with the idea of using a partially inflated pontoon off the cat-a-raft. Koyuk soon figured out how to climb on and go for a ride. We had a blast floating on and diving off it. McKenzie just swam around. Cedar could not be enticed into the pond and laid panting while watching us swim. The only problem with a partially inflated pontoon is that the case becomes full of water.
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| draining pontoon |
Keeping the outside water bowl full is impossible. I found this nifty dog bone motif pool.
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| this "pond" was more to Cedar's liking |
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