Paddling the Flow

We had a particular reason for paddling part of the Flow today.  The weather was forecast to be rainy all day, but as usual the forecast was wrong.  So this morning we put another coat of stain on the deck.  Then this afternoon we paddled out to look for a loon.  The director of the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation had contacted me yesterday about a sick loon and asking me to help monitor its condition.  We could find no sign of it, which hopefully means it recovered.  We did see a healthy looking loon, presumably one of the nesting pair.

I took this photo of an old stump.  I love the way they get populated by other plants.