7 Bridges Trail

So after spending a good chunk of the day Saturday working on the first chapter of the MR (Master's Research) Paper which is due Monday, the finish line was in sight, so I figured I would take the pooperdog for a hike today. We went up to the same area as St. Mary's Falls and found the 7 Bridges Trail... which as you may have guessed.... has 7 bridges :) Its a nice trail that climbs up a creek/valley and crisscrosses along. Here's the pooper on one of the bridges:

Sherlock actually isn't a big fan of crossing bridges if he doesn't have to, so while he very nicely let me take his picture (above) he much preferred going through the creek while I crossed the bridge (below)

We saw some absolutely beautiful wildflowers along the way.... my favorites were the columbines:

We saw lots of other doggies on the trail, and Sherlock enjoyed saying hi to everyone. He had very good doggy-trail-etiquette today! At one point I had to hold up a rock for Sherlock to go under:

I took that picture with the timer on my camera... pretty good eh? :) So we found all the bridges and the trail kept going, so we meandered on for a while. But then the clouds got dark and rumbley, so we headed back to the car. It was a fun hike.

So now I need to go finish writing my chapter and maybe enjoy some lazy-time before bed. Hope you had a nice weekend!! :)