Back to Devilsfoot Island

 

Don't know just what drew me to the Charles River yesterday.  Perhaps it had something to do with this weekend's Coronation of King Charles. After all, the river is said to have been named in honor of another Prince Charles back in 1616 by Captain John Smith.  At any rate I launched from Old Bridge Road in Medfield and paddled upriver with hopes of entering the Stop River and stopping (appropriately) at Devilsfoot Island (photo above).   Believe I last visited the island in 2016. 

Heading in a southerly direction afforded me this view of Noon Hill located west of the Stop and beyond the island...

Water levels were high and upon reaching Causeway Street I saw that paddling through the culvert was out of the question...

...but a short and easy portage across the roadway allowed my trip to resume.

Devilsfoot Island looked pretty much the same with the blend of man-made and natural stonework marking the location of a long-gone cabin...

Later I returned to the Charles, paddled downriver to Bogastow Brook, and made a short trip up the brook to South End Pond...

The day was another in a string of fickle spring days with ominous skies yet little to no precipitation...

The railroad trestle across the Charles near the Old Bridge Road launch...

...which still sees occasional use.

Trash included the typical stuff...

Still no sign of my invitation to the Coronation!