St. Regis River Flow Trail - Part 2

The dogs and I were on the trail beside the St. Regis River Flow (see also Part 1, posted yesterday), and Daphne was the first to go go into the water:

Then Seamus, looking a bit like a black dinosaur, went in for a cooling drink:

 We usually walk down to the river and then back to the trail to continue upstream, but this time the water level was low and we were able to continue along a narrow band next to the water. I saw lots of what I believe was Pale St. Johnswort, Hypericum ellipticum:

  There were large patches Pale St. Johnswort, much like the Common St. Johnswort but a kind of miniature:

The sunlight danced on the water as Clover and Daphne waded among the reeds. I could imagine a baby Moses floating by in a basket:

The low water level had stranded some Bullhead-Lilies, and Jack blithely walked right over the top of them. I doubt being stranded hurt them, figuring they must surely have evolved to survive such dry spells:

Seamus didn't worry about the stranded Bullhead Lilies. He went right out into the water to greet them:

 As we walked along the shore, I encountered the first two Cardinal Flowers:

 Cardinal Flowers are our native Lobelia, a spectacularly colored wildflower:

We kept walking along the narrow strip beside the river, though the dogs often preferred to walk in the water. So far I hadn't seen any need to return to the usual trail. I'll post Part 3 tomorrow: