{"id":3408,"date":"2016-10-21T20:11:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T00:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=3408"},"modified":"2016-10-21T20:11:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T00:11:02","slug":"last-of-the-this-years-kayaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=3408","title":{"rendered":"Last of the this year&#8217;s kayaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last couple weeks the foliage has been beautiful. We have made trips to Grafton Pond,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3394\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fog-lifting-2515.jpg\" alt=\"Fog lifting. Grafton Pond 10\/6\/16\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fog-lifting-2515.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fog-lifting-2515-150x125.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fog-lifting-2515-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fog lifting. Grafton Pond 10\/6\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3398\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/loon-young-4445.jpg\" alt=\"Young loon. Grafton Pond, NH 10\/6.\" width=\"600\" height=\"494\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/loon-young-4445.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/loon-young-4445-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/loon-young-4445-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young loon. Grafton Pond, NH 10\/6.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3397\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/red-leaf-in-fog-2517.jpg\" alt=\"Red leaf in fog.  Grafton Pond, NH 10\/6.\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/red-leaf-in-fog-2517.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/red-leaf-in-fog-2517-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/red-leaf-in-fog-2517-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red leaf in fog.  Grafton Pond, NH 10\/6.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3396\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mt-Cardigan-4395.jpg\" alt=\"Mt. Cardigan from Grafton Pond, NH 10\/6.\" width=\"600\" height=\"487\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mt-Cardigan-4395.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mt-Cardigan-4395-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mt-Cardigan-4395-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mt. Cardigan from Grafton Pond, NH 10\/6.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3395\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/island-mirror-4427.jpg\" alt=\"Mirrored island  Grafton Pond, NH 10\/6.\" width=\"498\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/island-mirror-4427.jpg 498w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/island-mirror-4427-125x150.jpg 125w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/island-mirror-4427-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirrored island  Grafton Pond, NH 10\/6.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Squam Lake,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3399\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/loon-2659.jpg\" alt=\"Loon.  Squam Lake, NH 10\/11\" width=\"600\" height=\"575\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/loon-2659.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/loon-2659-150x144.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/loon-2659-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loon.  Squam Lake, NH 10\/11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3400\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sunset-4532.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset. Squam Lake, NH, 10\/10\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sunset-4532.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sunset-4532-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sunset-4532-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset. Squam Lake, NH, 10\/10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Connecticut River,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3402\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/foliage-2756.jpg\" alt=\"Foliage, Connecticut River 10\/11\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/foliage-2756.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/foliage-2756-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/foliage-2756-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foliage, Connecticut River 10\/11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3403\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fluffy-seeds-2806.jpg\" alt=\"Fluffy seeds.  Connecticut River, 10\/15\" width=\"600\" height=\"571\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fluffy-seeds-2806.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fluffy-seeds-2806-150x143.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fluffy-seeds-2806-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fluffy seeds.  Connecticut River, 10\/15<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3406\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Jane-and-foliage-2947.jpg\" alt=\"Jane on the Connecticut. 10\/18\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"441\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Jane-and-foliage-2947.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Jane-and-foliage-2947-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Jane-and-foliage-2947-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane on the Connecticut. 10\/18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3407\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/conn-river-foliage-3032.jpg\" alt=\"Connecticut River 10\/18\" width=\"600\" height=\"456\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/conn-river-foliage-3032.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/conn-river-foliage-3032-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/conn-river-foliage-3032-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connecticut River 10\/18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>the Pompy, <figure id=\"attachment_3405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3405\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pompy-foliage-2857.jpg\" alt=\"Tranquil Pompy.  Ompompanoosuc River 10\/16\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pompy-foliage-2857.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pompy-foliage-2857-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pompy-foliage-2857-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tranquil Pompy.  Ompompanoosuc River 10\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>and Mink Brook.<figure id=\"attachment_3409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3409\" style=\"width: 492px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/red-tree-and-ducks-3006.jpg\" alt=\"Mink Brook, NH 10\/19\" width=\"492\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/red-tree-and-ducks-3006.jpg 492w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/red-tree-and-ducks-3006-123x150.jpg 123w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/red-tree-and-ducks-3006-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mink Brook, NH 10\/19<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>We haven&#8217;t seen many birds, and most were very skittish with the exception being the loons on Grafton Pond. <\/p>\n<p>We did come across a horned grebe, a lifer.<figure id=\"attachment_3401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3401\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/horned-grebe-2743.jpg\" alt=\"Horned grebe. Connecticut River, 10\/11\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/horned-grebe-2743.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/horned-grebe-2743-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/horned-grebe-2743-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horned grebe. Connecticut River, 10\/11<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3404\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mallards-2847.jpg\" alt=\"Mallards.  Ompompanoosuc River, 10\/16\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mallards-2847.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mallards-2847-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mallards-2847-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mallards.  Ompompanoosuc River, 10\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The water and air temperatures are getting colder, and for safety&#8217;s sake, the kayaks have been put away for the winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last couple weeks the foliage has been beautiful. We have made trips to Grafton Pond, Squam Lake, Connecticut River, the Pompy, and Mink Brook. We haven&#8217;t seen many birds, and most were very skittish with the exception being the loons on Grafton Pond. We did come across a horned grebe, a lifer. The water &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=3408\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Last of the this year&#8217;s kayaking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,203,66,46],"class_list":["post-3408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-connecticut-river","tag-grebe","tag-ompompanoosuc-river","tag-squam-lake"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3S4pT-SY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3411,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions\/3411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}