For the Believers, Doubters, and Halfway In or Outers

Last September, we went kayaking for the day, Nate and I. We put in at a populated spot and paddled south and east, upriver where the blue turned green and nature canopied over us. We went farther still and found a bog and a small stream just deep enough for us to continue paddling until the water was too shallow and narrow to keep going. We turned arou…