Sunday Glide to Gleasondale

It was a peaceful Sunday morning on the Assabet River in Stow yesterday with some muted fall foliage still to be seen in places.  After launching from Magazu's Landing I paddled up to Gleasondale and back.

Along the way noticed a new duck blind at a bend in the river where a previous blind got washed away...

At the confluence with Fort Meadow Brook water was falling at a good clip over the obstruction in the box culvert...

...while the brook upstream of the culvert looked serene...

Nearby a doe was concerned at my presence...

...and her companion joined her in checking things out...

Note: the zoom on my camera decided to stop working so you have to look close to see them.

Closer to Gleasondale this chewed up limb looked like some beavers had a tree-eating contest...

Other wildlife seen today were a marsh hawk, a red-tailed hawk, a bittern, mute swans, Canada geese, mallards, and a pair of bluebirds.

Thanks to a still high water level the Assabet allowed my ascent beyond the Rt. 62 bridge and me to get fairly close to the footbridge which, long ago, allowed mill workers to cross the river...

Trash gathered-up along the way...