Spring did a bit of a backslide this past week with some blustery winter-like conditions. I was able to get in a couple of weekday paddles: Wednesday on the Merrimack River in North Chelmsford, MA and Friday on the Assabet River in West Concord, MA.
Skies over the Merrimack reflect the season's uncertainty...
Kept in the lee of the wind by hugging the river's west side past Stony Brook where a string of freight cars were being picked up by a pair of CSX locomotives...
After the train departed to the west I headed upriver a little past the north tip of Wickasee Island. My return trip was via the sheltered canal on the island's east side...
On Friday, after Thursday's cold and wintry conditions, I got out on the Assabet River in West Concord, MA...
There was plenty of plastic trash lining the Merrimack's banks...
A bit less on the Assabet...
One of the friendlier pieces of plastic found on the Merrimack...
The Assabet offered this profound observation by the Colonel Sanders...
The week started spring-like but ended with my winter hat and pogies being required.
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