St. Regis River Flow Trail - Part 3

The dogs and I were walking the narrow strip of land along the St. Regis River at Santa Clara, NY (see also Parts 1 and 2, posted previously):

 I recognized these Roughleaf Dogwood berries right away. This bush grows everywhere around the farm and its flowers are spectacular for a couple of weeks each year. The berries were plenty handsome also:

I'd planned to cut back up to the trail for our return trip but never saw an easy access - so we simply began retracing the route we'd taken along the river's edge. That was fine with the dogs, who loved wading out among the Bullhead Lilies:

It was a hot day and Daphne knew how to keep cool:

 Another Cardinal Flower:

We finally got back to the trail and began our return to the parking lot:

 But of course I had to stop for these Lowbush Blueberries and eat some:

Like much of the Adirondacks, the soil here is very sandy, sometimes almost all sand:

Many of the roads here are lined with millions of Black-eyed Susans, but on this trail there were only a few:

We were almost back to our car and I continued to let the dogs run and play as we had the entire place to ourselves. This was a short, easy hike, just right for a hot summer day: