It’s been an atypical October for me in Connecticut.  For my final month of the season here I can usually count on at least a few warmish, bright days with fall colors to make some paddling still possible, and interesting, as my date for fleeing to the south approaches. 

Yes, I am a weather wimp.

This year someone flipped a switch at the beginning of the month and since then the temperature has struggled to get above 60.

This is hibernation weather for me, not paddling weather.

Until yesterday, fortunately.  Bright, sunny and 70, albeit briefly.  Good timing, too, as it was the season-ending Paddle and Pizza Party with my friends in the Paddle Killingly Meetup Group over in Eastern Connecticut. We paddled a few hours on the Quinebaug River in Brooklyn before ordering takeout at the nearby Classic Pizza for riverside dining.

And Elvira (AKA Bev Champany) came along.  Some photos below.