As Henry W. Longfellow said, "This is the forest primeval." Those words have stuck with me since I memorized part of "Evangeline" in ninth grade, but they’ve rung truer since I first paddled through ...

Last week, against my better judgment, the forest primeval was calling. David D'Aquin, an old friend, was visiting, and I convinced him to join me on the adventure despite the July temps. We met at ...