In Between Foster Dogs Part 2 A Hike On The Wallace Falls Trail

Pre fostering Dave and I would hike a different hike every Friday, rain or shine. We rarely missed and that was only if it was dangerous from high winds or too much snow. But then when we began to foster we either had too many dogs to hike a lot of places, or we had reactive dogs, or shy dogs so we found the quiet spots to hike that were close and started doing those on a more regular basis. Could we do more hikes when we have foster dogs and leave a few behind? Well yes we could, but that just doesn't feel fair or right to us as all the dogs need exercise and they really don't seem to care if we go the same places all the time as there are always new smells to smell and new things happening that they can explore. But in between foster dogs we decided to head out to Wallace Falls trailhead. This was mid week and the ONLY time we would even go close to this hike is mid week as we are the type of people who like to get away from crowds when we hike and it worked out great last Thursday to do something different and we and the dogs LOVED it!

This is what I like to find at a trailhead, only a few cars and lots of empty parking spots, Yahoo it is going to be a good day!

First stop potty breaks before hitting the trail, this way we can clean up and toss away before heading out. Jenny Boo had a different plan to use the grass for.

Ratties stick together, as you will notice this is always the way it goes, three ratties walking together, and Liza the Min Pin off scouting ahead...

This sign designates where the nice older part of the forest begins...

What a sight! Just us and the dogs....ahhhhh

Jenny says, "come on mom stop taking pictures and let's get going!"

Looking out at Wallace River

We decided to take the RailRoad grade, the woody trail is gorgeous but we know that the RRG get way less traffic.

Jenny again saying "mom take the picture so we can go!"

Skip looking so handsome

Liza checking things out ahead...yup still no one but us!

How peaceful is this?

Love these flowers called Indian Ghost Plant, Indian Pipes, or Corpse Plant thanks to my team mate for identifying them for me. If you click on the link you will see pictures of the flowers, they are very unique a subtly beautiful.

This is as far as we came today, we normally do a loop back along the woody trail, but it was so nice and quiet we just decided to walk back the way we came.

Sun starting to come through the trees...

Back to civilization...

Powerlines let us know we are almost back to the car. What a wonderful hike we had....and when we got back the parking lot was full and there were large groups of people starting their journeys. We hit is just right and got to feel like it was just us and the dogs for a just a couple of hours.....heavenly.