After The Rescue - Part 2

The dogs and I had hiked for miles when our car had gotten mired in a mud hole (see previous posts). After it had been pulled out, we stopped at the CCC reservoir for some cooling recreation. We walked to the tip of the peninsula and the dogs went right into the water:

Seamus is old and partially lame (like me), but he played like a goofy puppy when he was in the water:

Look at the happy smile on Seamus' face!:

Fergus usually goes into the water with the other dogs, but this time he stayed up on the highest part of the peninsula. We found him there when we began walking back:

We traveled along the ridge of the peninsula, with water on both sides of us:

And of course we took our time and enjoyed the beauty:

The dogs made a few attempts at going into the water again, but it's not so easy here as it was at the end of the peninsula. So we just kept walking:

We stopped a moment to appreciate the scenery. Seamus seemed particularly awed by it all:

And then we continued on our return walk back to the car:

The shallow parts of the reservoir were filled with white waterlilies in bloom:

And then we saw our little red car up ahead. It was totally covered with mud and a few things didn't work right after being immersed in water, but we climbed into it and headed for home, lunch and a long nap:

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: