Jenny requested a family Canoe/Kayak adventure for her birthday morning. We managed to fit three rhino racks on our Heffalump (Jenny’s White Dodge Durango) loaded with Jenny’s bright blue second-hand 16 foot Carolina Perception kayak and Bill’s new 12 foot Old Town Vapor kayak and our new 14 foot Red Mad River Canoe on top. Danny stuck really close to Dylan during the preparation phase because after all the even walks they have taken him for during the last week, Danny was sure Dylan was his best shot of getting to go along. Bill found a great public loading spot on the Green Haven Wharf. We played fetch in the water with Danny did get him well soaked and cooled down before setting off with him in the canoe with the Rascals. We carried a cooler with sandwiches and other lunch items. We rowed against the wind “up the creek” to start. In the swampy areas near the top of the creek and down by some of the larger docks we saw osprey. We saw a large juvenile bald eagle circling above the shore trees and could hear the cicadas humming in the woods. Later that day Jax, Riley’s cat, managed to find the first of the 17 year cicadas that made it to our yard.