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Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill

Posted by Erik on 6/21/2024, 4:58 pm

The current forecast is “slight chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers after noon. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 30%”. As of now I am planning to do the trip.

Meet at 10:00 at Bradford Landing to unload and arrange the shuttle. This is a 7.5-mile trip. Just downstream are the fish weirs at the Bradford Dam, which can be run or portaged. The river twists and turns through the woodlands of the Grills Preserve. We will probably stop for lunch at the Polly Coon Footbridge. Below Route 3 the river meanders through open marshland to the Potter Hill Dam.

Check back again tomorrow to confirm the status of this trip.

Google link for Bradford Landing
https://maps.app.goo.gl/eJws8nYbUnPtra6s7

Erik Eckilson 617-794- 0378 eckilson@cox.net

Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill

Posted by paul on 6/22/2024, 8:42 am, in reply to "Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill"

I'm in

Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill

Posted by Erik on 6/22/2024, 9:47 am, in reply to "Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill"

Forecast now is even better - A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a slight chance of showers after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

We'll be fine. I'm paddling tandem with Bill.

Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill

Posted by Bob Latshaw on 6/22/2024, 12:08 pm, in reply to "Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill"

Count me in!

Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill

Posted by Aaron Rouby on 6/22/2024, 2:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill"

I'll be there :-)

Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill

Posted by Erik on 6/22/2024, 6:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill"

Sounds good - see everyone tomorrow at 10:00.

Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill

Posted by Erik on 6/23/2024, 6:48 am, in reply to "Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill"

Showers before 10:00, then cloudy. We are on for 10:00 in Bradford.

Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill

Posted by Erik on 6/24/2024, 6:24 am, in reply to "Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill"

We had a nice trip yesterday. I forgot my camera, but fortunately Mike captured the events. You can see them on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=mike.davis.75286&set=a.10229601885023428

Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill

Posted by Aaron Rouby on 6/24/2024, 1:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill"

I'm glad Mike documented the trip, because I had a brain fart and deleted all of the video files from my SD card! The camera lost the date/time and dated the files as if they were from April, so I thought they were old and trashed them. D'oh!

Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill

Posted by paul on 6/24/2024, 7:01 pm, in reply to "Re: Sunday (6/23) trip on the Pawcatuck - Bradford to Potter Hill"

Total bummer!

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