Pollen!

[sweeper]

We paddled in Algonquin PP last week and the Pollen was amazing. It was EVERYWHERE!



It clogged the water filters after just a couple quarts, thankfully I had bought a pair of Sawyer filters that came with a 'Cleaning Plunger'.
I also had a MSR filter for the gravity feed system and it took all 3 filters to fill our bottles in the mornings.

Pollen on the Beach. This second pic there is 2" of pollen pile up.





It just sat on the top of the water until disturbed and then sank to the bottom.

 

[yellowcanoe]

Yep white pine pollen. Daily sweep of our deck
We even saw lots of it in the ocean.
Shore is full of pines and spruce

 

[Odyssey]

That would explain the "bath tub ring" you'll find on many granite shores.
On a local lake pollen sediment was analyzed to date lake bottom layers and establish what plants historically grew in the vicinity, including maize cultivated by a local indigenous population. http://www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca/Resources/Publications/oa25-3-finlayson.pdf
Glad I don't have (many) allergies!

 

[yellowcanoe]

The funniest thing I saw
On Cape Cod
A white Mercedes convertible
White leather upholstery
All covered in yellow green pollen