Still no Miguel

Jana's front door is literally right across the street from my driveway. When we go for a hike together, the dogs know it. Jana has to open her front door, look down the street for cars and then release the dogs to run over to my house. Spike (the tree climber) will begin his jump into my car, halfway up my driveway.

Izzy is always right behind Spike.

We picked up Bella and headed up to Lake Chabot in Castro Valley. Today is six weeks since I sprained my ankle on this loop. This was our second attempt to find Miguel and thank him for carrying me out of there that day. No such luck. He told us he did the inner loop every day. We have gone at the same time and did the loop in the same direction. Maybe if we don't try so hard, we will run across him some time in the future. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Boomer stood guard on the dock as the black doggies jumped in the lake to cool off.

Here, he started barking at Spike because evidently he was going out way too far. Bella followed the black dogs right over the edge of the dock, into the water. I don't think she knew she was going to go in the water. It was kind of funny, until it looked like she had forgotten how to swim. She swam to the shore though, with Jana and I coaxing her along.

They all made it out of the water safely and we headed down the trail, continuing around the lake.

Here is their last bit of freedom before having to be leashed for the final couple miles of the loop.

And finally, the group photo.

I did run most of the 8.5 mile loop and I must say it felt really good. The only time my knee bothered me was when we were on the flat, paved part. I had my ankle taped up good and I was very cautious about keeping my eyes on the trail in front of me.

Yesterday I swam another 2000 yards after Pilates. I'm getting more and more comfortable with breathing on both sides. Yesterday I was changing sides with each lap. I'm slower breathing on my left side but that's improving too. Pretty soon I will start working on alternating every three or five breaths. I am very happy about the cardio workout I get from swimming. I feel like I have a great mixture of activities to keep me busy right now. That makes me happy. ;)

Pilates and swimming on the schedule for tomorrow. Oh, and an appointment with Floyd.

Until later.............