Running with the big dogs.

I took the dogs for a walk to the lake today. We haven't been going for formal walks as much, because they've had so much exercise chasing us up and down stairs. But for most of today we were alone (Ross took Jack and Bunny into Guadalajara and I sat at my desk), so we were bored and hadn't gotten much of a workout.

The lake is looking very different. The plague of lirios (water hyacinth) seems to be entirely gone. It also looks like they've filled in more land at the end of the street that goes down to the lake -- with just a little more sand it could be a beach. Without the lirios, you can see small waves lap the shore. I've never seen that here before.

We read a report in one of the local magazines that Lake Chapala was recently tested and found to be safe for recreational use. Now I can actually imagine it.

By the way, the dogs saw a horse and a cow in the two blocks between here and the lake. Slick decided the horse was the biggest dog he ever saw and he didn't want to confront him. The cow was further away, so no one got their backs up about seeing her.