Most of us have at least read, if not experienced, the wonder of escaping to wilderness areas to dip our paddles. We’ve all been on local waterways popular among day paddlers as a momentary escape to nature. In his presentation, Dave Mangin makes the case for seeking out paddling routes that connect the places we live to the wilderness we dream of. And the industrial waters in between should not be avoided, but sought out. By sharing the discoveries of a sectional paddle from the headwaters of the Tomorrow River through the waters of the Wolf and Fox rivers and along the shores of Green Bay to Rock Island, Dave illustrates how the transformation of the waters from a trout stream to rivers, lakes, industrial waterways, and ultimately up into a wilderness area affected his disposition toward our riverways and the various ways we use them.