It's just another one of those phone pictures but...how beautiful, really, this remarkable river that runs through nearly two dozen Massachusetts towns before emptying into the Atlantic (bays and such in between). No matter how often I walk this route along the banks in Newton and just brushing Watertown, I'm always thrilled again to live so close to the river.
From Wikipedia for the nature lovers:
The Charles River is fed by about 80 brooks and streams and several
major aquifers as it flows snakelike for 80 miles (129 km), starting at
Echo Lake (42°11′35″N 71°30′43″W/42.193012°N 71.5119°W) in Hopkinton, through 22 cities and towns in eastern Massachusetts before emptying into Boston Harbor.
33 lakes and ponds, and 35 communities are entirely or partially part
of the Charles River watershed. Despite the river's length and
relatively large drainage area (308 square miles; 798 km²), its source
is only 26 miles (42 km) from its mouth, and the river drops only 350
feet (107 m) from source to sea. It is the most densely populated river
basin in New England.
