Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Sudbury River - Egg Rock to Sherman's Bridge & Back

You can probably imagine how devastated I was upon finding that my ice cream making client wouldn't require my services today.  Apparently, folks aren't eating as much ice cream.  Oh well, I would just have to make do.  With such a beautiful weather forecast, I started thinking of all the places I'd like to paddle: The Taunton River, purported to be the longest undammed coastal river in New England; New Hampshire's Great Bay; Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay; Boston Harbor; and of course one of my all time favorites, Cape Ann.  I hemmed and hawed and finally decided that I wanted more time on the water and less time in the car.  The camping gear was left behind as well as my watch and shortly after leaving home I found myself launched into the Sudbury River and approaching Egg Rock.  I should say 'we' as two passengers had booked passage on this trip...
 They rode in the fo'c'sle and seemed to enjoy the voyage.

After passing under a mostly trash free Heaths Bridge, I came upon this little guy out for his morning swim...
Who knew Chipmunks could swim all the way across a river?  There was no response when he was asked why.
Reaching Fairhaven Bay, I had it all to myself and there was no waiting for an outside table at the Brooke Island Bistro...
Sated after a great lunch, my engine soon propelled me to Sherman's Bridge which became my turnaround point for the trip...
 The return trip downriver was pleasant.  This Canada geese family split their parenting duties 50/50...
Trash wasn't too bad and the usual suspects were rounded up.  The count was 34 pieces of trash which broke down as follows: 14 recyclable containers (8 redeemable) and 20 pieces of miscellaneous rubbish such as styrofoam and plastic bags.  YTD total stands at 2554.  Oddest find of the day was a nearly full can of beer (encased in a nice 'chill holder' bearing a fishing motif) at the base of a shady tree.  Perhaps the guy was abducted by aliens?

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