The annual canoe trip is not only a tradition, but a calling as well. It's Mother Nature saying to us; "Please leave your hectic stressful ways in the city and come north. Please enjoy what I have to offer you while you drink beer and other alcoholic beverages to your heart's content; for I will take care of you and all your friends as you take a time-out from life to enjoy each other's company while slowly floating through me, your natures playground."