S and I set out from Pond Brook on a calm somewhat humid and warm day. Tranquil would be a good adjective. There were clouds, but just enough to shield the day from the sun without making it seem cloudy.
We paddled down Pond Brook, which is a cove ever since this section of the river was dammed about 70 years ago. At the main river, we cross straight away and follow the shoreline down and around the point into the Shephaug. There are some kayakers and boaters, but almost all of them are fishing and they don't move about very much.
We paddle, we talk, and we relax. Such calm conditions can almost lull one to sleep. It seems that the wildlife might agree with us. We see some high soaring Vultures, a few Osprey and Ducks, a junior high school field trip of Canada Geese, and S spots a white tail deer in the orchard of the old house above the wide place. We don't see any Eagles today.
We turn back about a half mile below the cascades, both of us already feeling quite washed out.
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