Monday, May 8, 2017

Assabet Along Nashawtuc

Yesterday was yet another windy day around these parts and I chose to paddle the section of the Assabet River between Egg Rock  and Nashoba Brook.  This includes the stretch described by Nathaniel Hawthorne in Mosses from an Old Manse as follows: "It is sheltered from the breeze by woods and a hillside; so that elsewhere there might be a hurricane, and here scarcely a ripple across the shaded water."
The hillside providing much of the shelter is Nashawtuc Hill.

Once past the most sheltered section I saw a few more trees recently blown down into the river (opening photo).  

Before ascending the Assabet a quick check of the Egg Rock inscription showed the water level underlining the Native American name for this place "Musketaquid"...

Two recently installed buoys were seen, one at the confluence of the Assabet, Sudbury, and Concord Rivers and the other on the Assabet beyond the Leaning Hemlocks...

This year's edition of little geese are running around on the riverbank...

By the time I reached Nashoba Brook this fair amount of trash had been collected...
...empty plastic bottles and bags, Styrofoam cups, quite a few nip bottles, a few glass bottles, and there's a third mis-matched flip-flop in there somewhere.

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