What Wind?

 

With northwest wind-gusts up to 30 mph predicted for Sunday morning I sought refuge in the valley of the Nashua River...specifically Oxbow N.W.R. in Harvard, MA.

Descending Still River Depot Road's steep incline to the boat launch gave me this view of Mt. Wachusett...

...seemingly holding up a bank of clouds.

Thanks to that ridge of hills to the west and the ample amount of trees along the river (opening photo), I enjoyed mostly peaceful conditions...

There'd be no morning freight train and not a peep of gunfire from the Devens shooting range...just tons of peace and quiet.

A pair of white-tailed deer were well camouflaged in their much darker winter coats...

As is almost always the case when on this section of the river, there was plenty of plastic trash, especially "nip" bottles of which there were 118...