After enjoying some more hospitable paddling conditions in The Commonwealth of Virginia/Latitude 37 it was back to Latitude 42 for me this past week and our more seasonably cool and breezy conditions.
On Thursday after launching from a now ice-free Lincoln (MA) Canoe Launch I visited some of my familiar haunts such as Martha's Point (above photo) on the Sudbury River:
The stone boathouse at Fairhaven Bay's north end...
At the bay's northeast corner I found water levels high enough for paddling into Well Meadow...
Lee's Bridge to the south...
Near the bridge I ran into a fellow paddler and river-regular Jeff P in his uniquely-shaped Zastera kayak...
Trash recovered from the Sudbury included several plastic bags of clothes and a hard hat...
On Saturday Mrs. Trashpaddler and I joined with fellow paddler Oz and several of his family members who volunteered to scout access to a large trash trap on the Nashua River...
The scouting will help us in planning a future cleanup of this spot. To reach the trash trap we hiked 3/4 of a mile across an area known as the "Flats" and noticed quite a bit of plastic trash laying on the ground. It apparently had been left behind when the river recently overflowed its banks.
The youngest member of our group proudly stands with some trash she helped collect...
Additionally there were 78 "nip" bottles...
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