John McPhee Quote

Travel by canoe is not a necessity, and will nevermore be the most efficient way to get from one region to another, or even from one lake to another anywhere. A canoe trip has become simply a rite of oneness with certain terrain, a diversion off the field, an art performed not because it is a necessity but because there is value in the art itself.

The Survival of the Bark Canoe (ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982) - ISBN: 9780374708597