Coming home from work early this afternoon afforded me the opportunity to squeeze in a late day paddle on the very serpentine Shawsheen River. My boat and I entered the river at Main Street (Rt. 38) in Tewksbury behind the Knights of Columbus building. Upon heading upriver, a mink was encountered just upstream of the Main Street bridge...
I think he felt safe watching me from behind those leaves. Later, on my return trip, 2 white-tailed deer would be encountered at this same location.
Skies were mostly cloudy with a few glimpses of sun and temperatures were more seasonable for October.
This was my first visit to this section of the river and I found it fairly free of obstacles with this one monolithic exception...
Just a little further upriver this bridge, at Brown Street, was reached...
On the way, I reminded the few mallards encountered that duck hunting season has begun. For me, it'll mean wearing my blaze orange hat and gloves from now on.
Back at Main Street my trash haul for the day gathered-up hullside...
There were 26 recyclable containers (6 redeemable) and 20 pieces of miscellaneous rubbish such as styrofoam cups, plastic bags, balloons, and a can of spray paint. YTD total = 5662.
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