Got out on the Assabet River and Nashoba Brook in West Concord yesterday just a few days past the midpoint of meteorological winter. Water levels were up as a result of our recent rainstorm (gauge at Maynard 3.4') and Nashoba and Fort Pond brooks combined in making a generous contribution from Warner's Pond (opening photo and below)...
Heading up Nashoba Brook brings a paddler alongside the stone wall supporting the bakery named for the brook. What lies ahead beyond Commonwealth Ave (Warner's Pond outlet) is a mystery until you reach the bridge...
Back on the Assabet River the mid-day train to Boston had the blue, seemingly out-of-uniform, 1136 for its locomotive...
Open water was the rule for both the river and the brook. Ice was confined mostly to the sloughs and slower moving stretches such as this bit above Route 2...
Places to land were found where the river's bank faced to the southwest...
Wildlife encountered included a pair of common goldeneye ducks...
...and this solitary hawk with a longish tail...
Trash included these few plastic vagabonds...
Hoping winter's second half goes by as fast!
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