A Family Hike Along Quebec Brook - Part 2

I was hiking along Quebec Brook with my sister, my niece and five dogs. It was a wild and beautiful trail through Boreal Forest, a marvelous experience. Fergus and Clover did a bit of rock hopping at the river's edge but didn't want to go in. Fergus had already become so muddy that he had brown splotches all over his white fir, including one over an eye. I thought that made him look like Petey of The Little Rascals:

We walked down to Quebec Brook whenever we got the chance. It provided many lovely views, a bit of adventure and, in this instance, a nice place to sit and contemplate:

Quebec Brook is, I am told, a great fishing stream in the springtime, but I've never seen anyone else there at any time and it's clear that the trail is seldom used. It is a wild and pristine waterway:

We had already hiked up to the summit of Azure Mountain and back down, so this was our second hike of the morning. We were slowing down at this point and began our return trip to the car:

I love this picture! It shows my sister, my niece and all five dogs traveling along the mossy Quebec Brook trail:

The forest opened up in several places, providing long range views of wetlands associated with Quebec Brook. Mountain Alder was the predominant woody plant in these places:

And the dogs bounced merrily along the trail, a happy bunch of canines in a beautiful natural setting on a perfect day:

Who, us?

Little Madeline followed giant Seamus along the trail. He was a great guide, having made this trip several times already:

We traveled through leaves just beginning to color for the autumn:

And enjoyed the aroma of Balsam in the air:

The last stretch took us over moss covered trail with Spruce and Balsam overhead and Quebec Brook on our right side. We reached our parked car and I signed out at the kiosk, noting how very few hikers had been that way over the summer. So we'd finished two hikes already that morning. But were we done? No, there was one more short hike just down Blue Mountain Road a mile or so. But I'll post about that tomorrow: