first beach day for Ovaltine, he stood in the sea for 10 min

I always say I live in Chiang Mai because it is cool and calm, but I did not realize how much Ovaltine wanted the sea until we finally went to Rayong last weekend. He is 3 and a half and he has never seen so much water in one place. I thought he would be scared. He was not scared, he was in love.

We left at 5 in the morning in the car. It is a long drive, almost 6 hours, and Ovaltine slept the first two hours on my mother's lap. Then he woke up and stuck his head out of the window like a crazy person. My mother said he looked like a tourist from the north, which is funny because we are the tourists here.

When we arrived, he walked straight to the water and just stood there, with the waves hitting his legs. Ten minutes, I counted. Not moving. Then he tried to bite the foam, then he ran back and forth between us and the sea, like he was checking that the sea is still there. My sister filmed the whole thing. I will never let her forget it.

The beach was not very crowded in the morning. We set up under a small umbrella and I put a wet towel on his back because the sand was hot even early. He did not like the sand on his paws, so I bought little booties from the market near the pier. He looked ridiculous and happy. Two people asked me if he was a rabbit, honestly.

Lunch was fried rice with fish sauce and too much chili for the dogs, so I had to keep him away from the table. He tried to steal a shrimp anyway, lol.

On the way home he slept all the way to the mountains. I think he dreamed about the waves. Next time maybe we will rent a small house near the sea for two nights, so he can see it every morning. My mom says no, but I think she will change her mind.