Thursday, April 14, 2011

Sudbury River - Rt. 62 to Pantry Brook & Back

This morning's rapidly improving weather made today's trip to Pantry Brook and back an enjoyable one.  The photo at left shows my arrival at the spot where the brook enters the river and looks into the impoundment created by the sheet-piling barrier.  The view is looking into Pantry Brook from the river.  A few more inches of water in the river and I would have been able to paddle over the wall.
On the way upriver I had accumulated a fair amount of trash at the Route 2 overpass.  A brief shore raid just below the highway's westbound lane netted 31 pieces of trash.  Hard to believe that some folks still toss their trash out the car window.

Nearby, this Canada goose seemed to be nesting on top of a beaver lodge...

Reaching Fairhaven Bay, I dined at the Brooke Island Bistro where the P, B, & J was exquisite...


After turning around at Pantry Brook, I made the return trip downriver.  These mute swans provided a brief escort below Lee's Bridge...


The trash patrol concluded with all hands posing for this portrait at the south end of Brooke Island...
Total was 62 pieces of trash and brokedown as follows: 20 recyclable containers (8 redeemable) and 42 pieces of miscellaneous rubbish such as styrofoam cups, plastic bags, nip bottles, etc.  My YTD total stands at 1622.  "And I thought over again my small adventures....

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