Assabet's Abundance

 

The Assabet River was the recipient of a generous contribution from Warner's Pond in West Concord yesterday. The outflow from the pond includes water from both Fort Pond and Nashoba brooks.

All of this water kept most obstacles submerged and allowed access to just about anywhere one wanted to go...upriver or down.  After working my way upriver to near Damonmill I got out of the current in the mill's outlet and found the canal to be iced-over... 

   The trip back downriver with the current was swift...

A red-tailed hawk against one of the afternoon's blue-sky moments...

Many of the sloughs had a wintry look...

This one showed the river having had crested nearly a foot higher than I found it some 5 days after Saturday's combination rain, snow, and wind event...

Trash found floating about...

Only 100 days 'till spring's arrival.