3 Shots: Thanksgiving Hike

My family loves to hike, especially now that my parents have two very energetic bird dogs.  Their names are Argus and Murphy, and they're amazing.  Anyway, on Thanksgiving (before the festivities began), we went on a hike in the Mud Lake section of Leelanau State Park.  Leelanau, by the way, is one of the most beautiful places in the world, and very few people outside of Michigan know about it, as it's not easy to get to.  But anyway, here are some pictures from Thanksgiving:

This one is not from Thanksgiving, or from Northern Michigan.  It was taken in my parents' house, and I think it illustrates well what living with Argus and Murphy is like.  There were two racoons in a tree behind the house, and the dogs were very alert, as was my sister.  My only wish is that the lamp were not there at all, or at least behind my sister and the dog.  I think it's distracting.

This one's from the hike.  When they're outside, the dogs always think that they are hunting. Argus is the one in focus, and Murphy is the one behind him - although now that I've blown the picture up a bit, I can see that actually, the grass right in front of Argus is in focus.  Whoops.

Cool mushrooms.  'Nuff said.

Bonus picture! Here's my family.