Beating the heat and finding enough water to keep from scraping bottom was my main goal this past week. Doing so required early morning visits to dam-impounded waters. On Tuesday I found adequate water and tolerable temps on the Nashua River from Hospital Rd. in Devens, MA...
Headed upriver not seeing too much in the way of trash until about a mile beyond Route 2 where this trash trap had captured a good bit of plastic...
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On Thursday, when Boston set a record high temperature for the day of 98 degrees F, I launched a little after sunrise into the Merrimack River from Southwell Park in N. Chelmsford, MA...
The cool feel of the early morning was more than welcome. The stone-arch bridge over Stoney Brook awaited its next train...
A green heron stayed on the shady side of the river...
Following the heron's lead I found good shade rounding Wicasee Island before heading back to the launch site...
Was off the water by 9:30 with my goal accomplished.
Trash from Tuesday's paddle on the Nashua included 165 nips...
2 comments:
Nashua River sure is nippy
Anonymous, yes, especially a lot of nip bottles in the Nashua River between where the north and south branches join in Lancaster and Route 2.
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