Gettin' Reel on the Assabet

Found this plastic reel for coiling up extension cords on the Assabet River in Stow yesterday.  Not sure how the river knew I could use one. Would have cost me $10 for this model at one of the big hardware stores.  Thank you Assabet.

The afternoon was a beauty with bright sunshine and much less wind than on Sunday.  The section of the river upstream from Magazu's Landing was looking fine and was being closely monitored by this red-tailed hawk near the outlet from Lake Boone...

I checked the culvert at Fort Meadow Brook and found most of the beaver-installed blockage had recently been removed...

Must have been interesting when all the backed-up water drained out through this small opening.

Several fallen trees impede passage, but yesterday's water level allowed just enough room for paddlers willing to do the Limbo...

Did a little more saw work at this spot, removing some branch stubs from the submerged tree limb to the right in the above photo.

Ultimately reached the Rt. 62 bridge at Gleasondale...

 ...which became my turnaround point.

The trip back down to Sudbury Rd was mostly backlit...

A small haul of trash and the aforementioned reel were recovered...