Early this morning I launched my boat at Lowell Road and trash patrolled a few miles of the Concord River. The sun was already rising in the sky as my boat and I passed under the quiet bridges of the upper Concord. Flints Bridge (Monument Street) is pictured at left as it looked on the return trip upriver.
Before reaching Great Meadows Landing, this duck was standing guard on a log...
What she was guarding were her three ducklings, hidden behind the log...
In addition to the ducks, the following wildlife were seen: several blue herons; Canada geese and their goslings; squirrels (both red and grey); and an osprey. The osprey flew from the area of Saw Mill Brook towards Great Meadows.
After passing Saw Mill Brook and heading briefly towards Bedford, I thought of my Dad and his being at Hanscom Field early this morning in preparation for a trip to Washington D.C. courtesy of
Honor Flight New England. The mission statement of this non-profit organization is: "Transport America's veterans to Washington D.C. to visit those memorials dedicated to honoring their service and sacrifices." My Dad is a former underwater demolition team frogman and served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean Conflict
On the trip back upriver the Old North Bridge looked so peaceful and serene, I couldn't pass up a photo ...
Trash was not too bad with the usual suspects being rounded-up. One unusual find, however,was a Gosling's Ginger Beer can. I had never heard of this brand of beer. Once home I researched it a little and found that it has only been on the market for about a year. The story behind it caught my interest. It seems that in Bermuda the national cocktail is a
Dark 'n Stormy. It is made by combining Gosling's Black Seal Rum with a ginger beer. Gosling's, in business in Bermuda since 1806, didn't make ginger beer but decided that since the cocktail was fairly popular they should start making both components and subsequently contracted with Polar Beverages to produce the ginger beer here in Massachusetts. So perhaps it was a dark 'n stormy night on the Concord River when someone popped open the can of Gosling's and imbibed such a cocktail. The rum container is yet to be found. The seal on the can's logo looks more like a sea lion to me...
Back at Lowell Road, today's catch posed for a group photo. They numbered 32 and their composition was as follows: 16 recyclable containers (8 redeemable) and 16 pieces of miscellaneous rubbish such as several plastic bags, a cardboard 12-pack container, nip bottles, bobbers, and a cigarette lighter. YTD total stands at 3171.
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