Arriving in the woods with Ricky LaPorte felt so serene. I had waited months to feel the sun, hear the birds, and listen to the creeks flow. After a tough winter the forest was beginning to wake up again. Ricky and I talked on the way there about the outdoors and everything it meant to us. I learned that he grew up fishing, hunting, and learning how to sustain himself outdoors from as early as he can remember. He owns a restaurant in the Adirond…
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