Paddled the Assabet River between Cox Street in Hudson and Magazu's Landing in Stow over two days this past week. I couldn't help but notice that riverside vegetation has pretty much grown to fullness...
Don't think this heron is going to get any taller either...
While paddling around Orchard Hill on Saturday I had a bit of a time travel experience. Was paddling a stretch where there are no modern buildings in sight when I heard some clatter and found myself paddling alongside a horse-drawn buckboard...
I'd later discover they're Belgian draft horses from the nearby Rockbottom Farm.
Below Gleasondale dam I came across this 1890s blob-topped Sullivan Bros bottle from Providence, RI that may once have held Sarsaparilla. Might even have been delivered in a wagon such as the one above...
Close to the base of Orchard Hill was this 1948 Calvert Whisky bottle...
Above the dam at Gleasondale I got a good look at the sluiceway that, in years past, put the Assabet to work...
Trash wasn't too bad, especially in the stretch between Cox Street and Gleasondale where I usually fill my boat to capacity. On this day, for whatever reason, there was much less than usual...
Where the river gets detoured to the east by Orchard Hill this plastic container with a fluorescent bulb sticking out of it had been left on the bank...
The trash from between Gleasondale and Sudbury Road...
Mornings getting cooler and days getting shorter. Summertime's in short supply.
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