Our recent January Thaw did an amazing job at melting away much of Old Man Winter's best work. Now he's back from his vacation and restoring his icy grip on things. Since my local waterways are still open to navigation I decided, yesterday, to see if the thaw had made a dent in Fairhaven Bay's ice. The bay is usually the last bastion for water's solid form. To find out I paddled the Sudbury River starting from Egg Rock in Concord, MA...
The Southbridge Boathouse had a wintry look...
...and this bald eagle watching over some ducks...
Just beyond them I got the answer to my question...a still frozen over Fairhaven Bay...
Saw branches wearing ice hats...
...and this bald eagle watching over some ducks...
On one of the straighter sections the shoreline stretched out before me...
Nearing Fairhaven Bay a welcoming committee of mergansers assembled...
With snow and frigid temperatures predicted for the remainder of January it may be awhile before Old Man Winter takes his next sabbatical. Nonetheless it was surreal being out on the river yesterday with light snow falling, no wind, no trash, and all kinds of quiet.
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