"Canoes are a legacy of times past when we were closer to the natural world, when rivers were our interstates, when we were more dependent on nature and more in awe of it. Indeed, canoes remain a tangible remembrance and testimony of our former passion for mystery, discovery, and and reckless adventure, a quenchless thirst for knowing what was beyond the next bend, down the next valley, over the next mountain."

-Harry Middleton, In That Sweet Country, 2016

I'm actually thinking about buying one.