View On Black. Lake Cuyamaca is a small lake, but it's not as small as it appears to be in this image. It takes about five minutes to get to the opposite shore in a small boat.

Just out of the shot, to the left, is where Cielo passed the boat part of his first water test, many years ago. On that day, there was snow on the ground, it was 36°, and the wind was blowing hard enough to create white caps on the water. It was so cold that I watched in stunned disbelief as Cielo stared at a bunch of ducks, then jumped out of the moving boat, into the icy water, to chase them. Sometimes, he's not the smartest dog in the world, as his hunting instinct takes over his dislike of the cold and of not really liking to swim. Fortunately, we recovered him without slicing him with the prop and he went on to finish the test.

I used this image as a background on our website, www.southwestsearchdogs.org, which I'm rebuilding. Check it out.

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East Side Trail, Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, California.

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Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, California.

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