Santa Clara St. Regis Canoe Carry - Part 2

The dogs and I were taking a short hike along the St. Regis canoe carry trail in the Santa Clara Easement of the Adirondacks (see also Part 1, posted yesterday):

Fergus was feeling just fine and showing off his new haircut:

Seamus' newly thinned body allowed him more energy than he'd had for a long time:

The weather was perfect, the scenery beautiful, the Balsams aromatic and the dogs happy:

This was boreal forest and a joy to experience:

The dogs investigated, sniffed and peed on everything:

We were almost to the St. Regis River:

We walked out of the forest into a clearing and saw this exquisite wilderness view:

The water in the St. Regis River was lower than I'd ever seen it:

The dogs played in the grasses along the riverbank:

And we explored the surrounding landscape:

The sandy soil supported lots of Reindeer Lichen, and all of it was all a perfect place for happy dogs to play. I'll post Part 3 tomorrow:

Santa Clara St. Regis Canoe Carry - Part 1

The weather was perfect and I decided to drive down into the Santa Clara Tract lands of the Adirondacks to walk the dogs on the St. Regis canoe carry trail. I knew that it was a short, easy and scenic trail:

Our first stop along the way was at this gem of a pond, surrounded by peat bog:

There were the usual peat bog plants, such as Bog Rosemary and Lowbush Blueberries:

And of course Sphagnum Moss and Reindeer Lichens:

The ground, away from the floating sphagnum, was almost pure sand. Little Jack trotted along with enthusiasm:

Princess Pines usually stay green through the winter, so I think these were turning yellow due to too little rain:

Seamus has been on his diet long enough to have lost considerable weight. He was feeling young and frisky again:

We returned to the main trail, getting one more nice view of the pond as we headed toward the St. Regis River:

It was a gorgeous day. I accidentally snapped this photo of myself and was surprised when I later saw that it was usable. I looked happy because I was:

Daphne took a few exploratory excursions along the way. The smell of Pines and Balsam Firs was in the air:

Just as I'd planned, this would be a brief walk in lovely scenery to a beautiful destination:

We were almost to the river, but I'll post about that in Part 2, tomorrow: