Saturday, October 17, 2015

Local Rivers Stayin' Low

Yesterday's late afternoon paddle down the Concord River had both the look and feel of fall.  Colder weather is in the offing and the sun grows weaker each day.

Upon launching at Lowell Road in Concord I was surprised to see the trailer for a power boat at the launch site.  I was even more surprised at running my shallow draft boat aground while paddling the short distance to Egg Rock to check the river's level at the inscription...

Heading down the Concord I saw the fellow with the powerboat fishing just below the Old North Bridge...
In passing he mentioned having already run aground near Egg Rock, and had no idea the river was this low.  The electric trolling motor on his boat's bow seemed a better choice than the 225 HP engine on the stern.  He finally got a little running room below Monument Street...

My return trip upriver was into the day's last rays of sunlight and I arrived back at Lowell Road just as the sun was setting...

A small trash haul included a Coke bottle from Cocoa, Florida and a Domino's Frisbee...

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