Rocky Point Pond

A low spot between two driveways on the Mud Bay side of Rocky Point Road serves as an informal neighborhood rain gauge. Whenever we get several consecutive days of all-day rain, a small pond forms there (see picture). Today, the water is almost a foot deep in places and the pond is as large as I have ever seen it. The pond doesn’t last long as the area drains quickly once the rain stops. Calling it a “seasonal pond” seems overstated. “Temporary pond” isn’t apt either. I just call it the Rocky Point Pond.

A couple of summers ago the property owners landscaped the area. They cleared out the underbrush, planted grass in the low spot, and added a bench and a few shrubs and ferns along their driveway. The next winter the area seemed to drain better and the pond was never more than a large puddle. But for now it’s back, at least until the weather changes.