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Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27

Posted by Dan F on 3/25/2024, 3:20 pm

Bob and I are planning to paddle canoes 8 miles down the Sudbury river from Little Farms Rd in Framingham on Wednesday. There may be fast water and downed trees in the first two miles, and floodwaters may force us to carry boats over some busy roads if the bridges don't have enough clearance. Low winds and warming in the afternoon, but dress for immersion and passing rain showers.

See Sudbury river trip #4 here for more details:
https://www.oars3rivers.org/river_map/map/1#

Get in touch if you'd like to join us.

Re: Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27

Posted by Aaron Rouby on 3/26/2024, 9:49 am, in reply to "Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27"

I'm interested. What time do you plan to launch?
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Re: Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27

Posted by Dan F on 3/26/2024, 10:27 am, in reply to "Re: Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27"

Glad you can join us! Meeting at 9:30 to unload boats, then shuttling cars to the take-out. Hope to be on the water by 10:15, and done paddling by mid-afternoon. I sent you a text.

Re: Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27 - photos

Posted by Dan F on 3/28/2024, 8:29 am, in reply to "Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27"

Bob and I launched from Little Farms Rd in Framingham after shuttling cars down a nearly-flooded Water Rd to Sherman's Bridge landing in Wayland. There were a few trees to avoid in the first mile of quickwater, but then the river got WIDE and the only challenge was trying to guess where the actual river channel was as we paddled through the flooded marshlands.

Pelham Island Rd bridge in Wayland proved to be the low point of the trip, at least from a vertical clearance point of view. We both lay flat in our canoes managed to float under the low arch. Kayakers would need to portage over the bridge at this water level (8.3' on the Saxonville gage).

The sun came out as we finished the paddle - a nice ending to a great day on the water. With a few free afternoon hours remaining in an otherwise soggy, windy week, I built a campfire in the back yard and worked on canoe camping recipes for later in the season. Finished up right as the first rain drops started to fall.

Some photos:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/eCQHexVTguo9boyYA

Re: Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27 - photos

Posted by Aaron Rouby on 3/31/2024, 10:01 am, in reply to "Re: Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27 - photos"

Cool trip report. Sounds like an interesting paddle. And wow, whatever you're cooking looks good. Are those poblano peppers?

Re: Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27 - photos

Posted by Erik on 4/1/2024, 5:25 am, in reply to "Re: Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27 - photos"

The Sudbury is a nice river – and people don’t seem to paddle it that much. We did a couple of up-and-back trips on that section a few years ago – Sherman’s Bridge to Rt 27, and then Route 27 to Heard Pond. I didn’t recognize the walking/bike path bridge so we didn’t get up that far. We had to portage the Pelham Island Bridge. What were you cooking, and where did you find the fire pit.

Re: Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27 - photos

Posted by Dan F on 4/1/2024, 8:58 am, in reply to "Re: Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27 - photos"

I like the Sudbury as an early-season trip. Later in the summer it tends to get weedy, and there's a shallow bar up by Heard Pond that can be an issue in low water.

I'm working on getting us permission to run an overnight trip on the Sudbury. Stay tuned!

Those were fire-roasted poblano peppers on top of chorizo and bean enchiladas on my back yard fire pit. Reflector oven nachos. Gotta keep practicing those canoe camping recipes!

Re: Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27 - photos

Posted by Aaron Rouby on 4/1/2024, 2:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Sudbury River paddle Wed Mar 27 - photos"

Looks and sounds absolutely amazing!

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