The Concord Below the Rock

After experiencing high water levels on the Sudbury River Saturday and the Assabet River Sunday it only seemed logical to, today, check out the spot where they merge at Egg Rock.  As can be seen in the photo the inscription on the rock was completely submerged.

Both rivers were delivering their burdens of water to the Concord River which in turn will deliver it to the Merrimack in Lowell.

I launched at Lowell Road and paddled the first 2.5 miles of the Concord on another bright and sunny day.  Pretty good for mid-December.

The Old North Bridge was handling the extra water with no problem...

...and offered plenty of headroom.

The same was true at Flint's Bridge...

 

 

Trash had been plentiful in the 0.7 miles between Lowell Road and Flint's.  

 

Below Flint's it was just water, trees, and sky...

 

 

The only thing missing from the cabin at Sawmill Brook was some welcoming smoke from a woodstove...

 

 

 

I continued a little further to where the river runs close to the Dike Trail at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and enjoyed some hot cocoa and a bit of the trail...



 

 

The trip back upriver was into a blinding, low angle sun until briefly blocked by the Lowell Road bridge...

 

 

Not a lot of wildlife was seen today but I did, at least, see one other kayaker enjoying a trip downriver.

 

 

Today's trash haul...



 

There were 31 recyclable containers (15 redeemable) and 31 pieces of miscellaneous rubbish such as Styrofoam, plastic bags, and nip bottles.  YTD = 5851