Paddling the Upper Osgood River

We had a wonderful paddle this morning.  Our Adirondack weather is finally back, with bright blue skies, low humidity, and high temperatures only in the mid-70's.  First thing this morning we drove to the put in on Osgood Pond, off the White Pine Camp road.  With the water so low we figured we would never make it through the canal from Church Pond.  We were on the pond by 8:30 and it was cool enough for me to start out with a jacket on.  We paddled across the lake and down the river to the dam and back again for a total round trip of 8 1/4 miles.  We stopped at an unmarked campsite on the right as we headed downriver, just about 1/4 mile from the dam.  The river was beautiful and we had it to ourselves, not encountering any other boats until we were on our way back.



There were white water lilies at the beginning of the river

and LOTS of pickerelweed infringing on it further on.