St. Regis Flow With The Dogs - Part 3

This is the final post on our hike along the St. Regis River in Santa Clara, New York (see also the previous two posts). The dogs were ecstatic about the cool, clean water. They splashed and played:

Seamus watched me as I climbed up on a rock:

When he felt assured I wasn't leaving yet, he went into the water and sat down in it. The day was hot, so it must have felt awfully good to him:

Little Clover waded out into a patch of Bullhead Lilies, though I think the scattering frogs were the real attraction:

But I took the opportunity to get a closeup of one of the Bullhead-Lily's somewhat lotus-like flowers:

We left the water and returned to the trail, where I did a bit of exploring. There was a loop and a side trail which I've taken before but don't like as much as this one. So we began retracing our steps, returning the way we came in:

Clover and Jack led the way:

We stopped at a clump of pines, where I contemplated going in for another adventure. In the end, we just continued on our way back toward the car:

But there is a lot of fun and adventure for dogs (and for me) on the main trail, and we continued to enjoy our walk:

By this time, all the dogs had slowed down considerably:

We cut back through the field toward our car, said hello to a couple unloading their canoe for their own adventure, then drove home. This is a short, simple hike but one of my favorites: