Saturday, December 10, 2011

"Cold Moon" over the Assabet River

As I paddled downriver from the Sudbury Road bridge late this afternoon, the sky became nearly clear, the wind died down, and the sun cast its last rays from behind me.  All of this set the stage for December's "Cold Moon" to rise in the eastern sky.  Upon reaching Russell's Bridge and entering Maynard, the moon was nowhere to be seen.  After turning around near Ben Smith's Dam I headed back towards my takeout location.  When I glanced back for one last look, there it was...
Rising fast and fat...

Tomorrow morning, with the earliest sunset of the year now behind us, my 100 days 'til spring countdown will commence.  During that time two more winter moons will visit: the "Wolf" in January, and the "Snow" in February.

Today's small haul...
There were 18 pieces of trash: 14 recyclable containers (5 redeemable) and 4 pieces of miscellaneous rubbish.  YTD = 7236


1 comment:

Ajlounyinjurylaw said...

Everything looked great until I got to the garbage..ugh