Lost?

During our camping trip, we went for a hike on one of the many hiking trails at the campground. At the beginning of the trail(near our campsite, marked X on the map) there was a sign showing 4.7 miles to Rollin Pond(which is another campsite). There was also a sign indicating that Black Pond is also on that trail. We love to fish, so we thought maybe we should take a hike and check out Black Pond before bringing the canoe there.

Sunday morning, after having our Bacon, Sausage and Egg Bagels, we took the dogs and hit the trails. The dogs started out on the leash and then Samantha get to be off the leash because she would not go anywhere without us. June won't run off but if she were to see something she may go after it, so she stayed on the leash, but she was just as happy because there was so much for them to check out and sniff at.

Not far after we got started we reached Black Pond. It looks like a nice little pond but looks like it might be hard to launch a canoe there(have to step in muck). Here are the girls checking out the muck.We then continued on the trail and we got to another pond, Copperas Pond. We have been to this pond before but not by hiking. We canoed there last year. Upon leaving Copperas Pond, we saw a sign for Whey Pond, so we followed the trail and got the Whey Pond. This is a much nicer pond and it has a nice little beach area. The dogs immediately ran in the pond and took a swim. Here's them enjoying the cool water in Whey Pond.

After about 5 minutes rest, we decided to leave Whey Pond. But instead of heading back where we came from, we continued on the trail. Remember from the dogs' post last Friday that we thought we got lost? Well, we didn't but it sure felt like it. We were on the trail the whole time but the trail just seems to have no end and it looks like one of those less-travelled trails. We knew we were very deep in the woods because we could not hear anything at all. Finally we decided that it's better we turned back because the dogs were getting tired and we didn't know when this trail will end. Hubby actually apologized to the dogs. It was kinda funny hearing him said:"Daddy's sorry, girls. We won't do this again. Daddy will cook you girls some hamburgers for dinner tonight."(Now that's an aaawwww moment)

So needless to say, the girls were very tired and they slept for most of the day.