Nancy Taylor, Registered Maine Guide, Mount Vernon ME
Tom Desjardin, Historian, Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, specialist on Benedict Arnold's Kennebec Expedition, Pittston ME
Bill Townsend, Environmental Lawyer and Activist, avid fisherman and duck hunter, Skowhegan Maine.
Herb Wilson, Ornithologist, Ecologist, and Professor of Biology at Colby College, Waterville ME.
Jason Read, Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine, Portland ME
Joe Albuit, owner and proprietor of the Evergreens Campground, a popular fishing destination on the banks of the Kennebec, and an avid conservationist, Solon ME
Tony Holmquist, Artist and Traditional American Fiddler, Waterville ME
(not pictured) Karinne Keithley, performer, playwright, and scholar with special interest in Thoreau, New York NY.
In the final trip, the river itself was named the guide, and the trip was conducted in silence, and the boat was allowed to drift with the current as much as was safely possible.