This coming Saturday, the Charles River Watershed Association will be conducting the 29th edition of its Run of the Charles Canoe & Kayak Race (ROTC). Since time is running short for scouting sections of the course, I decided to paddle the first 5 miles of the 19-mile event which starts at Riverdale Park in Dedham and finishes at Artesani Park in Brighton. At the same time, a trash patrol was conducted with hopes that any good karma created might come in handy during Saturday's multiple portages.
The weather was warm, so warm, in fact, that it felt like summertime.
After leaving the area of Riverdale Park, the river widens quite a bit and looks more like a lake or pond (view at left).
The trip downriver was a smooth one with only one unusual thing catching my attention. It was this large pile of stacked wood that appears to be leaning towards the river....
Almost looks like someone is getting ready for an old fashioned 'Log Drive'. Hopefully, not on Saturday!
It was 'high noon' when I arrived at the Silk Mill Dam in Newton Upper Falls. My boat and I landed on river left and I walked down the portage trail into Hemlock Gorge. The view looking upriver from the gorge to the dam...
Looking downriver Echo Bridge spans the gorge....
Returning to my boat, passengers were provided an opportunity for some leg-stretching while I enjoyed some lunch...
This was the haul from my trip downriver. It numbered 88 pieces and I thought this might be it for the day, but I was wrong, for another 26 came aboard on the trip upriver. They missed out on the photo-op, though.
The day's total of 114 brokedown as follows: 59 recyclable containers (14 redeemable) and 55 pieces of miscellaneous rubbish such as styrofoam cups, quite a few plastic bags/large sheets of plastic, nip bottles, and 3 empty spray cans. My YTD total stands at 2257.
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I give you koodos to your cause to clean up the trash...good for you.
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