Sheridan St Clean Up in Billerica on the banks of the Shawsheen River. Challenge: What is it? Who can retrieve it? This is a land cleanup. Do not bring kayaks or canoes. If you can, bring rubber boots, wear long sleeves, loppers, and wear a mask. Join SRWA & Beautify Billerica on Sat. June 27th… Continue reading Saturday, June 27, 2020: 9:30 Sheridan St Clean Up, Billerica
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Billerica to Andover 6/13/2020
Led by Marlies Henderson: An SRWA suburban jungle flotilla from Billerica-Wilmington to Andover! 9 boats, 12 socially distant paddlers, 6 mi, 3 hours. Next paddle: 7/11 (next cleanup 6/27)!
Marlies and SRWA Paddle: Sat, June 13, 2020 9:30
Save the date! Pending the further lifting of covid-19 state of emergency restrictions, the SRWA plans to paddle the Shawsheen River two hours downstream for up to 10 boats; from Wilmington into Andover – BYOBoat, park the cars downstream at River Pines Conservation Land and shuttle back to the starting point. Members only. … Continue reading Marlies and SRWA Paddle: Sat, June 13, 2020 9:30
SRWA with Marlies Paddles 5/24/2020
SRWA with Marlies Paddles aka Boat Beautiful Billerica traveled the meandering Shawsheen River downstream from Akeson at Putin 5 in Billerica to 2000 Whipple Road at Putin 8 in Tewksbury. Some of us continued to Putin 9 at Knights of Columbus in Tewksbury. Traversing the aqueduct was the absolute highlight of the trip for… Continue reading SRWA with Marlies Paddles 5/24/2020
Wood Stork in Punta Gorda, By Nancy Bailey Miller
Each morning at breakfast you amble up from the beach, an apparition on stilts with grapefruit-pink, three pronged toes, pausing at the patio screen where we now sit eating honeydew melon and toast. Still as a statue, you stare at our strange ways: our dependence on chairs, our serrated spoons, our attention to weather… Continue reading Wood Stork in Punta Gorda, By Nancy Bailey Miller
Paddle from Whipple in Tewksbury: 5/16/2020
The afternoon was good. Interestingly the water level trying to go through the aqueduct was very low making it impossible to paddle against the current. Paddle continued hitting the bottom. Neither of us could go through. Going upstream was great. Where previously we were stopped going downstream, it was easy to go under the branch… Continue reading Paddle from Whipple in Tewksbury: 5/16/2020
Turtles Populate Pomps Pond Andover, 5/15/2020
A steep putin off of Dale street in Ballardvale, paddle about 5 minutes upstream and a short portage to Pomps Pond in Andover. Enjoy a multitude of turtles.
Paddle from Knights of Columbus 5/3/2020
Beautiful paddling day! Laurie, Alice, and Barbara put in at Knights of Columbus, Tewksbury and paddled upstream through the inundated marsh aiming for the Whipple launch. Fast moving water, high water, beautiful skies, budding maples, joyful meandering. At a downed tree near Whipple, we came back downstream past the KOC and into the Overlook area… Continue reading Paddle from Knights of Columbus 5/3/2020
Life Cycle by Alice Edf
Night falls. I wait, huddled with others. Will the leatherback come forth from the sea? 1400 pounds of love repeating a life cycle. Hours pass, stars shimmer. A vague figure appears in the water. At last she makes her presence. Slowly, slowly La Tortuga lumbers up the beach. Imagine her mission: To lay 150 eggs,… Continue reading Life Cycle by Alice Edf
Paddle from Abbot Bridge to Ballardvale Water Falls 4/26/20
Alice and Barbara had a delightful paddle from the Horn Bridge yesterday. There’s one obstruction closer to Dale St but we were able to get through it by bending as much as possible in our kayaks. If the river had been 2 inches higher, we couldn’t have gotten through. Next trip we will portage to… Continue reading Paddle from Abbot Bridge to Ballardvale Water Falls 4/26/20