We were recently invited to go canoeing and camping and we declined because I could not get the logistical configuration straight in my head. You see, we’re out-numbered by our children. Five kids: Two parents. Assuming we could stow away one of them with other adults would still leave us each responsible for two little ones who would likely end up topsy-turvy in the river at some point. Right? Isn’t dumping over usually expected? I can’t remember.

Another obstacle in my brain is the fact that I’ve never sat in the back of a canoe. I was always the “needless paddler” in the front who took directions from the back. (It’s been decades since I’ve been in a canoe.)

Oh, please A.M. Tell me all about it and don’t leave anything out. I’m wide-eyed and sitting at the edge of my rocker. (Not to be confused with “off my rocker”.)

And by the way, you DO NOT look bigger than anyone in that picture. It’s obvious you’re in the foregroud; so by measurement, you’ll be larger. Anyway, how stylish and perky you look! I admire anyone with enough foresight to say, “Let’s pause all of this commotion and take a big group picture!” That makes me wonder for an answer to another question: Did you take your camera along in the canoe???