
Heading in to set up camp |

Dinner at shoe box falls |

The beaver dam was breached on the side, but the beavers seemed happy and active further up stream |

Morning brought wet rock on the way to the road |

Water tank under construction limited access to the trailhead |

A burnt out tree on the trail |

The trail |

Strange little shelter on the trailside |

The herdpath to Esther |

The plaque on Esther |

And a good place for a snack |

The trail skirts the base of a Wall of the war memorial highway |

Nearing the summit |

The summit |

Lunch time |

Spending an hour on the summit gave me a half dozen ten second upward glimpses of blue sky |

Plaque inside the summit shelter |

Glorious vegetation on the ridge trail |

Water tower has a roof and is concrete, not a form |

Along the Ausable river south of upper Jay |

Breakfast in the morning |

View of the Dix range throught the trees from camp site |

Buffalo farm along the roadside |

Part of the process of making buffalo burgers |