Pico and I went down to the Harford County Fair, in Bel Air MD, to compete at the Dock Dogs event held there. I figured even a bad day at the dock dive is better than a fantastic day at work, so I took the day off and we went. I stuck with my strategy of no practice jumps, and just let Pico swim around the pool to cool off on that hot day. She jumped 26′4″ off the bat so that was quite nice. She got a 25′11 in her next wave, and a fair vendor cheeseburger as a reward for her efforts. She said it was delicious.

We wont be able to go back the rest of the weekend, so no finals for us. It is just not worth contending with Jersey Shore traffic on a Sunday night. But this was a great event, BEAUTIFUL scenery, a perfect site for the pool, lots and lots of enthusiastic spectators, great dock dogs staff, spotless portapotties that were cleaned even when they werent dirty, a shade tree for Pico’s playpen and a constant breeze.  We’ll be back next year!