Weekend Recap: Grad Party, Cabin, Chester's FIRST Swim!

On Friday night, I got home from work, took Chester for a quick walk, and then we left right away for Adam's parents. Aaron graduated, and they had a party for him. There was great food - a nacho bar with pulled pork! - and as always, it was fun to see everyone. Chester especially enjoyed all the attention he received from Adam's younger cousins. He crashed hard in his kennel on the way home!

Saturday morning we got up, packed, and hit the road a little after 9 for the cabin. We had planned on going to Duluth, but that didn't work out, so we went to Adam's parent's cabin with them instead. It was a great time and really nice to see the recently finished off porch space. Chester loved running around and barking at everything. No really, everything. A bug? Better bark. Dogs barking in the distance? Bark. Bark. Birds? BARK!

After lunch, we put Chester in his fancy new lifejacket and went out on the pontoon. Chester liked the boat ride. When we were moving, he would sit on your lap to get as high as he could. He loved the feeling of the wind through his fur.

We stopped at the sand bar to give Chester his first swimming experience. The water was a little cold, so it was a short one, and only Adam went in. Hopefully it will be warmer next weekend so we can all be in the water together. I really think he liked it though! He was really fast and super cute scooting around in his little orange life jacket. He used his tail as a propeller of sorts.

Hey mom, I'm swimming!!! splash splash splash

After his swim when the guys were trying to fish, he was a naughty boy. He was super hyper and barking at everything again - a bug, eagles, another dog in the distance, jet-skis, other boats, etc. He drove us crazy and wouldn't sit still or relax. I know he was just overstimulated with so many new things, but it was still annoying...

Back at the cabin, he was still a hyper boy and had to have a little quiet time alone in his kennel while we ate. He finally relaxed a bit and took a nap on my lap while we chatted in the porch.

Sunday morning Adam and his dad went fishing while Chester and I slept in. He was actually very well behaved on Sunday. Curt and Robin took him for a nice long walk which I think helped get out some energy. We had to leave him behind for an hour when we went to lunch at a root beer stand, but he was fine when we got back. We left at about 3 and he was very well behaved on the way home.

We also discovered that Chester is a tick magnet! We were constantly pulling them off him. It was crazy. He had his Frontline Plus on and he has a Lyme shot so he should be okay though. We were even finding them on ourselves so it must just be a bad time for them. This morning on my way to work I felt something crawling on my hand - it was a tick. Yuck! I threw it out the window.

It was a fun weekend at the cabin despite Chester's hyperactivity. Hopefully he's getting used to it and will be better when we go up there next weekend.