Done! Paddled the upper wood yesterday with my nephew Matt. Water was high enough for me to only scrap my kevlar boat a few times
But the little bugs were out to get us. Luckily I carried my bug head net for those bad ocassions and this was one of those times. We pulled out at the dam for a bite to eat then we carried across the street and put in a little past the dam falls. Saw a few herons, kingfishers and I think an osprey. A couple of fisherman were there also. When we entered the big pond the wind was blowing against us making us work a little. Forgot to say that sunscreen was needed all day plus lots of water, temps were in the low 90's with lots of humidity. So after that we headed off to Providence and had beers at trinity and john harvards which goes by a different name. On the way back we picked up matts car at the put in and went to Burlingame to eat and sleep. Well we ate but sleeping was a problem, with the 700 campsites surrounding us, we really didnt sleep. I did a little but Matt ended up sleeping in his car, people there kept walking through our site to go to the bathroom, very rude. This morning we drove to the ferry and went to block Island, had a beer at Mohegan then quickly took the next ferry back and went to middletown for a beer at Coddington. whew! Finished the 4 viewsandbrews.com rhode Island list. We did a few hikes near each place to make it official. Can't download pics till I get to my computer later this month, or August. Thanks to Mark for all of his help, hope to go back one day again.