Blackstone Gorge - October 23, 2021

I had errands to run with my mother on Saturday, and a birthday party with the kids on Sunday, so there wasn’t much time for paddling this weekend.  I did get out for foliage run up to the Blackstone Gorge.

I put in at the Bike Path in Blackstone.  After carrying down the steep hill, I paddled up stream past the Tupper Mill into the Gorge. This section of the river can be shallow, can have current, or both.  This time I had both. I lined past the island below the confluence with the Branch River. 

There was not much water flowing though the Gorge itself.  The color was OK, but I was probably a week early for peak color.  It has been a weird year for foliage – every thing seems later than usual.