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| At the put in |
The snowshoeing has been fun this month but it was still nice to get my
boat out for a little paddling.
I met Jim, Frank and Earl at the Pawtuxet Village to paddle the Pawtuxet
Cove and Lower Providence River.
The day was just beginning to warm as we put in at the Aspray
Boathouse near Pawtuxet Park. There was a considerable amount of ice
along the shore, but the main channel was free. We paddled up the Cove to the Broad Street Bridge to check
out the Pawtuxet Falls. While we were there, a pair of bald eagles flew overhead
and landed in some nearby trees.
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| Slushy ice |
From there, we paddled back down the Cove, and then headed south
along the breakwater. We paddled past Passeonkquis Cove, which was filled with a slushy ice with the consistency of a slurpee. There were hundreds of swans on this section of the lower Providence River along with geese, ducks and gulls.
We paddled down as far as Gaspee Point before turning back. Gaspee Point was the site of the first
hostilities of the American Revolution when the British revenue schooner Gaspée
was grounded and burned by local Patriots.
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| The Crew - Jim, Earl, Frank and Erik |
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