The two of us had a great paddle today. We put into Long Pond off Floodwood Road, using wheels on my boat for the first time. They worked very well on the 1/3 mile carry to the lake, shown to the left on the map.
We paddled into Pink Pond, shown on the left on the map.
We tried to get into Little Pink but it was blocked by a beaver dam. We were able to get up the stream at the top of the map before being stopped by downed trees. By the time we got back to the main part of the lake the winds had picked up so we headed back to the carry. The squiggles at the bottom right show us stopping at campsite 14 and scrambling along the shore to get a look at the rapids on the small brook there.
Here is a sample of the wildflowers in bloom: swamp laurel lined the shores in many places (Kalmia angustifolia in the Ericaceae), the first rose pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides in the Orchidaceae) we have seen, iris a bit past their prime (Iris versicolor in the Iridaceae), and a marvelous nurse log covered with sundews (Drosera rotundifolia in the Droseraceae).
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