I love the country and I love the water. I've spent many happy hours in the water. My kids and I used to tube down creeks and rivers in California.
From 2001 - 2009 I lived in Salem Utah. One of my favorite things to do there was to walk with my dogs along this canal up in the foothill. I have two funny stories from this time.
One summer day my daughter, son-in-law and I along with our dogs decided to take our intertubes down the canal. I had a slightly crazy yellow labrador at the time. When she saw me on the inner tube she was in a panic because she thought I was going to drown. In her attempt to "save me" she was frantically clawing at me with her paws. It caused me to panic because of pain and the inability to get away from her. My daughter noticed my predicament and yelled to her husband, "Help my mom!" He looked at me slightly puzzled and my daughter yelled, "Help her!" He calmly said to me, "stand up." I was only in three feet of water. We all had a good laugh.
The next story happened on a very hot summer day. I was walking along the canal alone with my sweet Saint Rosy. She was having fun jumping in and out of the water (I taught her how to swim when she was a young dog). I decided I wanted to cool off myself. So I jumped in too. After I had floated with the current for a few minutes and was nicely cooled off I decided it was time to get out. Oops! I had not thought about that. The sides of the canal were slick with mud. I just couldn't get myself out!
I was not in a panic this time. I knew I was safe. But I was on a rarely travels dirt road so I would have to rely on myself to get out. After some struggle I thought, "well, my dog can pull me out." She was big and strong and would be able to give me the help I needed to get up the side of the canal. Unfortunately she thought I was playing a game and she knocked me back in the canal. Finally I just pulled myself up the shore inch by inch. By the time I got out I was literally covered with thick mud from head to toe. I had a grand laugh about the situation and knew I would enjoy telling the story in the years to come. :)
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