The forests around the Müritz lake in Germany are a marvel full of wildlife, long deserted bunkers and rural small towns that balloon to twice their population during summer months.

We were in luck and could book our favourite dog friendly accomodation and enjoy the countryside for a week. Our dog Mila had a great time smelling lots of different tracks, trails and poop piles of animals that were all too shy or quick to be inspected up close by her excellent nose.

We were in the same area a little more than a year ago, but visited different locations this time around. The biggest difference was that the fields were pretty ripe, but not yet harvested in early July, which made for some excellent grain shots. The crop kind, not the film or sensor grain 😉.

Usually these signs tell you what the next town is. This place has no next town.

We were virtually alone in the forests we walked around in. Dragonflies landed on our sleeves and Mila had an excellent time sniffing lots of new smells!

Dead wood is important for the eco-system and is deliberately left for insects in the national park.

The country side is littered with deerstands along the edges of the forests, which are always interesting.

Modern camera sensors are a marvel when it comes to cropping images after the fact. This is the exact same photo at different crops:

I had to look this up, but it’s a funnel weaver spider, which apparently is common in Germany.