Retreat Meadows

We headed to southern Vermont for Du's birthday (camping and kayaking) and spent two nights at Molly Stark State Park in Wilmington. A very nice, small park it was perfect for what we needed and wanted (quiet, close to kayaking).

We drove to Somerset Reservoir (10 miles on a dirt road), but as soon as we got there it rained. So, we didn't end up kayaking but enjoyed a great view and the call of the Loon from the camper.

We did, however, get out on the boats and tackled Retreat Meadows, a small marshy inlet off of the Connecticut River just north of Brattleboro. With the Brattleboro Retreat looming on the southern end, we paddled in and out of the weedy, shallow fingers of the marsh. It was VERY shallow at times, and we even watched a couple in a canoe have to push themselves off of a sand bar.

We navigated through an old bridge piling and onto the Connecticut River to find a place to stop for lunch. After a lunch (awesome sandwiches and pasta salad from the Vermont Country Store (on Rte 9) in Brattleboro, we meandered back to the put-in (on Rte 30).


Not much in the way of wildlife, but we saw an Osprey, a heron, some marsh birds, turtles and Geese.