This past Monday it was a pleasant surprise at this point in December to find the slough at the Lincoln Canoe Launch completely ice free (photo above). It was a day where you could almost forget what the calendar says and just appreciate the opportunity for one more paddle across a wide-open Fairhaven Bay on the Sudbury River...
The sky was getting bluer by the minute and temperatures were rising into the 40's F.
The only spoiler was coming upon this white-tailed deer...a spike that almost looked like he was sleeping...
I'm not sure if he'd been shot by a hunter or died of some other cause. No blood or wounds were visible. It appeared that predators had not yet discovered the deer.
The sun was sinking fast as I prepared to leave the boat launch...
Yesterday a mid-morning errand brought me to Waltham and close proximity to a Charles River boat launch just upstream from the Waltham Watch Factory...
...where fine pocket watches such as this were once made...
Despite some strong westerly wind gusts the day was unusually warm...mid 50's F and sunny. Therefore the decision to launch was a "go" and shelter from the wind gusts was found by hugging the river's west shore. In one cove a group of bufflehead and ring-necked ducks were doing the same...
Staying on the west side brought me close by some riverside sculptures...
...as well as Norumbega Tower where Stony Brook enters the Charles...
Before reaching Riverside I passed under 3 levels of madness (Routes. 95, 90, and 30)...
...compared to the peaceful conditions on the river where there was no traffic to contend with...not one other boat was encountered.
Don't know how long the ice and snow will hold off but I'm grateful for the way things are going so far.
Monday's trash was on the light side...
...while Friday's saw more in the way of plastic containers...
...and this hazardous materials label...
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