Where's Waldo?

Day 4 (6/6/10)

Today we went to Waldo Pond. It is one of our favorite close Kayaking areas. The pond itself is a little smelly but is still kind of interesting. I have been told there are Northern Pike in the pond but I have never seen or caught one. There is certainly enough food for them because there are suckers jumping everywhere. I have seen jump totally out of the water. Although the bottom is very muddy there are a lot of boulders both above the surface and below so you have to keep a close watch. It is once you get beyond the pond that it narrows down to the Onion River. This is where it gets really fun. In the past we have seen deer and beaver along with many birds of assorted shapes and sizes. Today however, we saw little in the way of wildlife. It was probably because of the weather. It was cool, windy and threatening rain. Fortunately the wind was coming from the North West which meant it was in our face going out. We learned early on that it is much better to start going against the wind. We have had a couple times where we went the other way and the trip back had been hell. Even though we have been at Waldo several times now it still offers us much to see and do.

River Monsters