We have arrived at the typical November dreariness. Grey skies, chilly temps, early sunsets, with only a promise of more to come. Driving up to Barnard today, I followed a tributary to the Ottauquechee for its entire length, Barnard Brook, I saw my first falling snow. The rain switched over to the white stuff as I climbed into the hills.
Experts divide up the NH-VT track of the Connecticut into bite-sized chunks, north to south. The Barnard Brook is part of the local swath of watershed called by the United States Geological Survey the Black-Ottauquechee watershed. The USGS preferences Vermont's streams over New Hampshire's in this shorthand for a section of both states which together contribute five major tributaries. In Vermont, starting south of White River Junction, are the Ottauquechee, Mill Brook, the Black, and the Williams, while from New Hampshire flows the Mascoma. On that eastern side, the Sugar River and Lakes Sunapee and Mascoma are also part of the mix.
They all are a little higher today, if the view from the bridge here holds true for all the watery Black-Ottauquechee territory.
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