Call it a challenge or call it a beat-down, either way I was warned that the upper half of the Two Hearted River might result in my worst canoe trip of the year. I was told of steep muddy banks, a tangled shore, an over-abundance of log jams and a historic 21,135 acre burn area from the 2012 Duck Lake Forest Fire. That was all I needed to hear. I was definitely paddling the Two Hearted over Mother's Day Weekend.