Paddling Long Pond

Fourteen of us paddled Long Pond today.  We thought we might make it into Slang and Turtle Ponds as well, but ended up paddling nearly 9 miles just around Long Pond.  Since the water is fairly high, we paddled into Pink and Little Pink ponds and up the stream towards Mountain Pond.

It was a beautiful day though quite warm in the mid-80's by the time we stopped.  We didn't have much bug trouble except initially in the parking lot and the carry where there were huge numbers of mosquitos.

I found some new plants.  Wild Calla or Water Arum (Calla palustris in the Araceae)

and a beautiful member of the gentian family - common name buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata in the Gentianaceae).