Part 2 - Beaver Bridge Trail

We'd begun our impromptu hike and were well into the forest. The wildflowers were just getting started. There weren't many Trilliums yet, but I found some small red ones about to bloom:

The trail took us up a steep hill:

And the young dogs ran full speed up and down the trail:

I'd hoped for a great view from the top, but even with most of the trees still leafless, there wasn't much to see but more trees:

There were green carpets of ramps and wildflowers brightening the forest floor:

And then, down below us, I saw two bridges. The dogs saw them also and raced straight down the hill:

I chose the modern, safer looking bridge and Clover did also. Some of the other dogs simply walked through the creek and up the bank on the other side:

There was more playing, running and scuffling. This time Madeline got involved. She's usually more staid and dignified, but the open, springtime woodlands must have buoyed her spirits too:

Onward through the forest:

Madeline did a bit more running:

And then we came to a real bridge, large enough and sturdy enough to handle a car or tractor:

The bridge spanned this lovely creek. But there was yet more to this trail and I'll post Part 3 tomorrow: