Southville State Forest - Part 1

Freezing weather was predicted soon, but we were having one last lovely day. I took the dogs with me to the feed store, and then from there to the Southville State Forest, through which runs the west branch of the St. Regis River:

I drove into the forest a short distance, parked and let the dogs out:

They were as excited as ever, and I had to do some hollering to keep them all close to me. They wanted to run:

But they soon began calming down and we had a pleasant walk:

The lanes took us through both coniferous and hardwood growths:

With mossy patches alongside many of the trails:

And then we began to drop down toward the river:

The excitement began to build again as the dogs sensed that we were nearing the river:

The bottomlands were deciduous forest and the dogs sniffed and explored over fallen, golden leaves:

Just ahead, I knew, we'd find the St. Regis River:

And then we found the river, with two old folding chairs set along its golden banks:

The dogs ran down to the water's edge. I'll post about that tomorrow: