After The Rescue - Part 1

Once the tow truck left and I'd driven with the dogs as far as the CCC reservoir (see previous posts), I decided to stop and enjoy the cool forest and lovely waters. After all, that's why we'd come here in the first place. I parked and let the dogs run into the forest:

Little Daphne and Clover ran full speed toward the water:

I momentarily thought this was Joe-Pye-Weed but the leaves were not whorled, so it couldn't have been. Then I thought it was New York Ironweed but the leaves were opposite, not alternate. I finally gave up trying to figure it out. Does anyone know how to identify this wildflower?

We walked out onto the peninsula, keeping near the water all the way:

A look out over a section of the reservoir was a lovely sight:

And the dogs were again drawn to the water:

It was a fun place to cool off after a long hike:

Cool water to wade in and to drink, with beautiful scenery. Perhaps this day was not so bad after all:

These tiny white flowers were Wood Strawberry. No fruit yet, though:

Jack ran joyously along the top of the peninsula:

And then we headed toward the tip of the land which jutted out into the reservoir. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: