Santa Clara St. Regis Canoe Carry - Part 3

I was hiking with the dogs on the St. Regis River canoe carry trail (see Parts 1 and 2, posted previously). Little Jack had never seen such a wonderful place before:

The low water level in the St. Regis River made it an even better place for the dogs to play than usual:

And play, they did:

When it was time to return the way we'd come, I decided to first explore along the shoreline and gave the dogs a call:

It was a happy day:

We began walking downstream. The walking was difficult but the scenery was outstanding:

Soon we were on what looked to once have been a road:

So we continued on. We were headed in more or less the correct direction to reconnect with the main trail, so I thought that's probably where it would take us:

We followed the old road until it just ended in the forest:

We'd gone so far already that I didn't want to turn back. So I thought we'd just walk ahead a bit more and see where it lead:

Sure enough, we found a trail - not the trail we wanted, but a trail nonetheless:

But after awhile, this trail also just ended. And there we were, lost in the wilderness. I'll post Part 4 tomorrow: