Nice Day For A Water Adventure

 

Once a year I like to rent a boat at Quabbin and spend the day exploring while fishing and watching for wildlife. It was a bit chilly to start ( 37 degrees) but warmed up comfortably by mid morning. It takes an early arrival at the gate to be second in line.  The opening time is 6:00 AM .There are limited number of boats for rent and I wanted to be sure to get one and be on the water as early as possible.

The calm water and light patchy fog made an ideal setting seeing my first loon of the day.  As the sun started to brighten the west shoreline of Mt Zion Island there was an eagle watching the reservoir . 

In years past I had located three eagle nests. Todays journey was to see if they were still being used, The furthest nest  was on Curtis Island. While there, I motored  along the southeast shoreline to catch a glimpse of the fieldstone walls of the old  Dugmar Country Club ( pictured above). This dwelling has an interesting story .  Unfortunately none of the eagle nests were active. Three eagles were seen during the day.

I used a Garmin Inreach to track m route. I use this when hiking the Quabbin woods because cell phone service is poor at best in most areas.

Jim