Tuesday, August 15, 2017

A Clean Pair of Paddles

This past Sunday morning an up and back paddle between Magazu's Landing and Gleasondale revealed that some previously blocked sections had opened up.  However, the box culvert to Fort Meadow Brook was found to be closed to traffic...

In the area of river between the above two photos a pair of camera-shy river otters were patrolling the shoreline.

At a fallen tree across the river near Gleasondale the remains of a ruggedly built raft partially block one passage...
 ...and made for a tight squeeze.

Very little in the way of trash was encountered on the water...

This plastic bag containing trash left tied to the railing is perplexing...


Today on a cloudy and unusually still afternoon an up and back paddle was undertaken on the Nashua River between Rt. 119 and its confluence with the Squannacook River.
This photo shows just how still it was...

A green heron was encountered on the trip upriver...

...as well as a pair of tentative divers on Fitch's Bridge...
Folks have probably been jumping into the river from a bridge of one kind or the other at this location since the 1700s.

A little further along was this coming attraction...
...serving to remind that August is half over.

The river was fairly busy near Nashoba Paddlers...
...but not another soul was found at the mouth of the Squannacook...

Again, trash was few and far between for a 5-mile stretch of river...

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