Brasher State Forest - Part 2

The dogs and I were hiking through the White Pines in the Brasher State Forest (see also Part 1, posted yesterday):

We were a merry band of explorers as we searched the forest to see what we could see (or in the dogs' case, to smell what they could smell):

Clover paused beside a vernal pond, of which there were many. Sadly, it was still too early to hear any frogs:

I took this photo by accident, but liked it when I got home and looked through my pictures. It shows all five dogs, including Seamus' head in the foreground and orange colored Jack, just visible up ahead among the White Pines:

I searched for ways around the wet spots, and Fergus and Seamus had by then tired themselves out enough to follow me without too much running ahead:

Soon we caught a glimpse of our car off through the trees. There is an advantage to having a red car:

So we all headed in that direction with renewed vigor:

The forest access road had very little traffic so I didn't even worry about the dogs going in the road:

Seamus and Daphne stopped for a quick sniff at the outhouse:

And then we finished our hike, loaded up into the car and headed for home. It had been a fine day: