I’ve been in Connecticut for going on three weeks. The weather’s been cold and/or rainy.
Not great paddling weather.
But today some good paddling friends were going out at Lake Mattawa in Orange, in the very nice north-central part of Massachusetts.
And highs were predicted in the 60s, with no rain. That’s bearable for me, so I made this my first northeast paddle of the 2024 season.
And fortunately a bear showed up. Just in time to give me my headline for this post.
He, or she, was swimming from one side to another in a cove of the lake. A log, someone shouted. No, it’s moving, another noted.
Soon, several kayakers, some fisher folks and some residents having a barbecue lunch at a nearby house got to see it all. The bear swam all the way across, hit shallow water, stood up and glanced back to pose for the onlookers, and then ambled off into the hills.
We also saw an immature bald eagle and a plastic alligator.
Photos are below:
The Urge to be Someplace Else 
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