I'd hiked up to the summit of Azure Mountain with my sister, my niece and five dogs. We were exploring the summit and Fergus gave me a bit of a start when he walked right to the edge. I hollered for him to come back to me:
My sister had a bit of fun with the glacial erratic:
My niece and her beloved Papillon, Madeline, enjoyed the views:
And then we began walking back toward the fire tower:
Happy dogs, happy people, beautiful scenery. Life is good:
We tied the dogs to the base of the fire tower and climbed to the top. My niece checked out the map:
And my sister read the log entries. We saw a Bald Eagle soaring off in the distance but it didn't come any closer to us:
The view from the top offered even grander views:
And we could see off in directions which the trail could not give us:
We began our descent to the ground, where our five dogs waited anxiously:
But at that point, the hike was only at the mid-point. We had a lot of downhill trekking to do and would have to be careful about twisted ankles and knees:
But the downhill hike went smoothly and we arrived safely at our parked car. Yet the morning was still young and I knew of other spectacular hikes along Blue Mountain Road I wanted to show them. I'll post tomorrow about our next hike:
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