Wintry Fun At Marcy Field

The dogs and I were on our way home from the farm and as yet had only had one rest stop (Hays Brook). It's always difficult to find suitable places in the wintertime, places where I can get off the road for the dogs' freedom and safety. Marcy Field parking lot is usually plowed and usually unoccupied - as it was on this day:


The dogs got out and immediately began running:

This photo captured all seven of them. It's rare to get them all in one picture:

We walked over to the trail head for Blueberry and Porter Mountains:


And began to explore the trail:

Daphne and Clover, as usual, led the way as we moved at a glacial pace up the trail:

With old Winky and Wally poking along behind us, we had to travel slowly. But then, that's all the better for dogs to thoroughly sniff the scenery:

Seamus, who had been lagging behind, caught up with the group:

And we proceeded happily, albeit slowly, beneath the canopy of trees:

But this was only a brief rest stop and the weather was cold and blustery. I called the dogs back to the parking lot:

Madeline and Wally brought up the rear. Winky was actually ahead of them, but only because he had never even made it as far as the trail:

I got the pooches loaded up, counted noses several times and headed back out to the highway. This was our final rest stop for the trip: