Simply Sharrvelous

I know it looks like the sea, but it’s still technically the Rio de la Plata, the widest river in the world.  The water’s brackish and smells of the sea.  In this top picture, you can see across the cove to another part of the Rambla.  On the bottom one, it looks like Mattie’s alone with the sea.  She loves the water so much.

Fearlessly tramping through the tidewater, Mattie exhibits how much better her hip is.

And below, she goes over the seawall to get to another place to get wet.

She finally got in the water.  Naturally, she loved it.  She’s getting a lot better about navigating the rocks.

This was obviously low tide on the river.  All these rocks are covered at high tide, and the causeway  is impassable.  Mattie loves going out there and the challenge of the rocks.

on the edge

By the Sea...

These two pictures show what a cloudy and stormy day it was.  Mattie didn’t care.  She just wanted the water and surf.

I Can Do It

Made It!

Over one of the dangerous spots.  She’ determined.  And out onto the seawall!

Down the Jetty

Nearly to the beach, she can see it….  and then she detours onto the jetty.  This causeway is very narrow and has bits worn away, but she tramps fearlessly across to get to the water.

It's a Blur

Nearly There

Mattie can tell when she’s going to get to play in the water.  We use a different halti to keep sand in only one, and we walk toward the beach.  Here, she’s soooo eager to get to the beach she’s running down the block.  Then, on the other side of the Rambla, she stops to smell something with the beach in sight.

Sunning

Mattie likes to lay down in the sand after wading.  She rests and dries and warms back up – the water’s definitely got some cold pockets in it.

Shoring Off

Just wading through the water again.