Water Under the Bridge, or the Bay

The best days are those that are unexpected. Today may just have been one of those days. While I knew that I would be building a wall in the water, I assumed the water would by knee high, and we might be poaring concrete. I was definitely mistaken, that's for sure.

We ended up transferring bags full of concrete (dependent on whether they were soft or hard), into the water, that was waist high. And no, the water did not stop there, I was completely drenched, mostly because the concrete was heavy enough, that carrying it ended up being much more involved than you would think. There were moments were I was shoulder high in the water, resting the bag on my thighs because the assembly line had paused for a few seconds. Most of my day was spent transferring bags from land to water, half the time I spent on land, the other half on water. And if I don't say so myself, my favorite part of the day was definitely water, well that, and the dogs.

The property owner had 3 dogs, and an extra who was being babysat, and they were fantastic. Seriously, the funniest dogs ever. They thought the whole world revolved around them and you were only there to entertain them. And of course, I was happy to oblige. The lab, the babysat one, was extra energetic, as labs are. He would endlessly fetch, and drool all over the stick or ball he had. And if that wasn't enough, there were two boarder collies, who are herders, but only one would herd, no matter what. He'd herd the other dogs as they were playing fetch, it was the funniest thing. He wouldn't pay attention at all to the ball, but if the dog moved at all, he was quick to react.

The other collie, the poor thing, was so sweet, but had no teeth! He wasn't allowed to play with sticks, because it was bad for him, so we would let him play with the ball, but then the lab would steal it. It was hectic trying to keep it all together, but so much fun, because I'm a real big fan of dogs. They're honestly my favorite creatures in the entire world, no wonder my favorite animal's a wolf.

And just for some background on today, we built the wall as part of a "living shoreline" which was on a bay that connects to Galveston Bay, so essentially the ocean. These places are so full of transition and life because of that transition, multiple fish and birds lay their eggs and raise their babies in the bay because they are safer there. The bay is full of variety, because there is influx and out-flux in everything. Plus it can be somewhat salty, due to the connection to the ocean. So instead of building a complete wall, blocking off the bay from the shore, the Galveston Bay Foundation helps property owners build a small wall to help control the tide and keep the property safe from any danger that the bay can bring. Or at least that's what I understood from all of it. Either way, that's what we did today, and it turned out to be a great day!