It’s pouring in Boston right now, FINALLY!!! Supposed to get a bit over an inch today. Hope northern New England gets even more. Going up again next week. Would love to see a little more flow in the rivers! 
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We’re finally getting multiple days of on and off rain so the ground and roots can soak up the moisture before it all runs off. We really, really need this.
I finally mowed my lawn on Sunday. I left it alone for 4 or 5 weeks because it wasn’t growing but it hadn’t gone dormant either. After the fresh cut, by Tuesday most of it had turned yellow. I should have waited one more weekend. I’ve also got several drought-distressed oak trees that are being colonized by insects and need to come down before they fall on something.
Over the winter, I was thinking this year would be a good time to get a canoe and do a family trip on the Androscoggin. I guess I’m glad we didn’t get to it.
Usually I just play in the class II below the Errol, or do the class II below Pontook if I could hitch a shuttle with a group at the Pontook dam parking lot. But I’ve always wanted to float and fish the 13 Mile section below the Errol rapids but didn’t have a shuttle. I can try self shuttle now that I have Ebike. As you know, the 13 mile section may run low but it would take a catastrophic drought for that section to go dry.
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Made it to the trailhead parking lot. Foliage is at or near peak.
Heard on the news that a fire ban is in effect for the White Mountains because of the extended drought… No big deal for me since I stopped doing campfires long ago. Having my breakfast before in for backcountry trout fishing.
Feeling good in the forest.
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