Porkies spring adventures, day II

NOAA had predicted rain for Friday afternoon, so we headed out with our rain gear and thought we may need to cut this hike short.  The rain never arrived so we ended up doing a 12 mile loop.

This is the bridge over the Little Carp river, and is
 just a stone's throw from our cabin.

Ya, it's still spring here and rained this past week.

The Big Carp 4 cabin was still empty.  We'd stayed here before.

A new bridge was installed here just a few years ago.

Up, down, and up and down from the bridge goes the puppy.

Now on Cross Trail. A big blow-down from the past winter.

Many creek crossings today that trail mutts appreciate.

We hiked through sections of hemlock, then hardwoods,
then the big swamp.

Made it to the junction! Wally, Little Carp trail is great.

We stop for lunch at an interesting rock we've stopped at before.

On the back side, it's conglomerate rock.
This must be Copper Harbor conglomerate.

Nature's rock breaking system - moss and freezing water

We traveled right near the Little Carp most of the time.

It's trillium season.

Now what the trail mutts look forward to - the ford.

Hey! The water's fine you know.
The water was cold and fast, so the 2 legged members cross on a snag.

See?  Its cool and fun to swim across!

I crossed several times just for good measure.

Trapper's Falls.

Let's go take another look.

We had such a nice loop hike today.

Supper time! No need to heat the cabin with the wood stove,
so soup was cooked via pop can stove.
We'd never rented a cabin this late in the spring before and
almost didn't bring a food heating system along.

What a fine day on the trail for more than 12 miles.
But trail mutts eventually do get hunger.

After a long hike and kibble, the trail mutts find there
eyelids get very, very heavy.