Monday, September 22, 2014

Summer's Last Afternoon on the Water

My work left me close to the Charles River on this last afternoon of summer, so I launched from Rt. 27 in Medfield and paddled through the Rocky Narrows.
 
On my way I encountered a green heron (at left).

A major construction project is underway at the Medfield State Hospital site and extends down to the water's edge...

These turtles had the right idea on this beautiful afternoon...

After passing through the narrows I turned about and begin heading upriver as the deep rumbling of an approaching train caught my ear.  Paddling past King Philip's Lookout brought me to the railroad bridge just in time to see two CSX locomotives pulling a good sized freight train...

Before landing at Rt. 27 I took one last summertime look downriver...

My last trash haul of the summer...
That's a lot of missed recycling opportunities for just 1.5 miles of river, and doesn't reconcile with recent television ads telling us we don't need an updated bottle bill because most folks have access to recycling programs.  Do the folks paying for those ads actually get outside and look around?  Maybe they just never look down.

2 comments:

warriormom said...

I am appalled at the recent ads. Not sure why I was so surprised to see them, but I really was.

Anonymous said...

Great post as usual. Love that turtle picture, it made me laugh out loud. I have enjoyed the increase in train pictures lately. And those NO on 2 ommercials are pretty pathetic.