After a terrible accident, a young boy helps his friend find solace in their first love; the lake.

A father and son hope to go fishing in Oregon but they learn that the rivers no longer have any fish. They hear a rumor about a hidden lake, so they set out on a journey through the wilderness to find it.

A group of friends realize they have been living vicariously through one of their friend's travel stories for their entire lives.

Two men with very different roots meet through their work in an Oregon Cannery and decide to buy a fishing boat together. After their first boat capsizes, the two split up for a while, until loneliness brings them back together to try to fish again.

Three boys rent a canoe in Iowa and spend the day riding down a river. As the long and strenuous journey stretches into the night, their friendship, trust, and determination are tested.

When a pipe repairman visits a Louisiana ranch during the droughts of the Great Depression, he encounters a recently widowed woman with dreams of exploring the country and a suspicious past.

A teenage boy follows in the footsteps of his favorite teacher and leaves his small, rural community to attend a faraway college. However, a chance encounter with an old man makes him remember the value of nostalgia and one's birthplace.

After reuniting with an old friend, a man reconsiders whether he is fulfilling his life purpose by working as a farmer.

A middle aged man becomes the talk of the town when he shares a crazy story regarding his missing friend and creatures that live beneath a water pump house.

A young man travels to the mountains to visit a woman and her family. Unsure of his feelings towards her, Richard chats with her family while trying to determine his true purpose for visiting.