Photo Caption: Mist.  Of course this is why its called canoe in the mist.  This morning the mist looked different, as every morning is as unique as any other individual.  Highlights today included a Broad -Winged Hawk that rattled a flock of Blue Jays as well as a Merlin who flapped along near shore.  A quick side trip upstream in the Little East River required us to go over a  beaver dam.  We merely got out of our canoes, stood on the dam and passed our canoes over in hand-over-hand fashion.  On our way back, we had to get past the beaver dam again. This time we created a channel in the middle of the dam that we could simply run the loaded canoes through!  It took less than 5 minutes to create the channel.  As the canoes shot through, smiles and laughter errupted from more than a few people in the group.  Moral of the story:  5 minutes well spent can create a moment long remembered.