Clear Pond - Part 3

The dogs and I were exploring the shoreline of Clear Pond, a lovely Adirondack gem in the White Hill Wild Forest (see also Parts 1 and 2, posted previously). We got back to where we'd begun but then continued walking to see a bit more shoreline. We could see our parked car from this spot:

Woo-hoo!, more water. You may have noticed a dearth of Seamus photos. He was with us, but much slowed down by his age and weak hips. I want him to continue enjoying our adventures for as long as he can, and he certainly enjoyed this excursion:

We were now at the narrow end of Clear Pond, the place where people sometimes camp, but we had the whole 15,000 acres to ourselves. The dogs had a grand time:

But it was about time to go home, so we began walking back toward our car:

By this time, Seamus seemed to be doing just fine and even walked ahead of me for awhile:

And all the dogs continued to explore and sniff:

I stopped at a patch of blue flowers, which I identified as Common Speedwell:

When we got to the spillway, Daphne couldn't resist getting wet and muddy before hopping back up into the car. But with that big smile on her face, how could I complain?:

All five dogs got in the car and we began our journey home:

 But I saw a dramatic flash of purple along the side of the road and turned around to go back and investigate. There were several patches of purple Columbine:

Just as with the pink Columbine we'd seen earlier, I figured this must have been an escapee from someone's garden although there was deep forest on both sides of the road and no houses in sight:

But the flowers were numerous, dramatic and lovely - so I took pictures before getting back into the car to finish the drive home: