Wild And Remote Debar Pond - Part 3

The dogs and I had hiked to Debar Pond:

The views of this secluded gem, surrounded by mountains, were excellent:

But it was time to hike back to where we'd parked:

We hiked across dry ground with planks over the wet spots:

Through the Adirondack forest:

Until we reached the elevated planks through the cedar swamp:

The dogs had a grand time playing on the planks, but I had to be careful as I'm quite clumsy with my leg braces:

The planks were covered with chicken wire to prevent them from being too slippery, but they were also beginning to rot, sag and lean in various "interesting" directions:

We crossed back over the bridge where the beautiful Joe-Pye-Weed was in bloom:

And also where a lot of Turtlehead, a member of the Snapdragon family, was blooming:

We reached the dirt lane which had brought us to the trail head. I signed out at the register and snapped a photo of my four very happy pooches:

We loaded back up into the car and began our journey back out of the Adirondack forest to where we could again be on a regular, paved road:

Wild And Remote Debar Pond - Part 2

I was hiking with the dogs to Debar Pond, a short walk, much of it on elevated planks through a cedar swamp:

We eventually reached the end of the planks and continued on a trail through the Adirondack forest:

The dogs ran and played. They were having a grand time:

I saw more yellow mushrooms, this one in a miniature "forest" of Shining Clubmoss:

And soon we arrived at Debar Pond, a little known and secluded gem:

The dogs were less interested in the water than usual, perhaps because the weather wasn't very hot that day:

As for me, I luxuriated in the spectacular scenery:

I knew from our last trip here that the trails led to no other scenic overlooks, so I confined my explorations this time to the areas immediately adjacent to our arrival point:

I coaxed Seamus and Daphne into the water and they seemed to enjoy it:

And then we explored a little more for different views of Debar Pond:

On our last trip, I hiked the full length of the pond in a search of more shoreline access but never found any, so this time I didn't even try. I did, however, delight in the scenery:

Clover wouldn't go into the water but she sure enjoyed getting next to it and gazing out over the pond. I'll post Part 3 tomorrow: