Journal:

This trip was a 7 minute drive from our house. The trip there was a smooth ride using the new kayak carrier foam blocks and cam-buckled straps (Thank you Vagabond Outfitters).

Parked at the Sandwich side of the Boardwalk in a parking lot about 12 feet from the put-in area which was gravel and sand (but which extends to very smelly thick and deep mud at low tide)

Set out 20 minutes before high tide and paddled on Mill Creek for about an hour. Very calm, but a small inland breeze - so no bugs (!!) Several canoes in the distance.

The marshes were flooded up to the top couple of inches of very green grasses.  The water was so clear that the flooded creek banks were visible 2 or 3 feet below us.

Turning left from the put-in spot took us under the Boardwalk bridge. Apparently, dive-bombing just behind paddlers is a sport here. Must remember to bring super-soaker squirt guns for next visit!

At low tide the marshes are 3-4 ft above the creek.

Beautiful sunny weather (about 80°F) No-one got wet, despite the intensions of several large bodies jumping from the Boardwalk - timed to coincide with our passing !!

The creek floods over the marshes to the back of the dunes at high tide.