A Walk Along Clear Pond - Part 2

The dogs and I were exploring the shoreline of Clear Pond, in the White Hill Wild Forest (see also Part 1, posted yesterday):

 I'd almost given up on finding any wildflowers when I spotted this Painted Trillium:

We got to the end of Clear Pond and turned back the way we'd come:

The dogs were ecstatic to be going back, just like when we were heading out:

The great explorers, in their own minds a pack of playful wolf pups:

 I certainly hadn't found many spring wildflowers, but here was a second Painted Trillium:

Daphne proved she wasn't just a pampered foo-foo dog by playing in a mud puddle:

And every time we came to another water access, we took it:

Even though we'd just been here a half hour ago, the dogs rejoiced as if we'd found a new treasure:

They ran around a beaver felled tree and on to the next easily accessible shoreline spot:

This was the place with the former campfire, meaning we were almost back to our car:

We followed the trail back through the forest toward the trail head, stopping along the way to explore an old stone foundation, probably where someone's cabin once stood. I hadn't seen many wildflowers, but we'd had a great time in an exquisitely beautiful place: