On two otherwise ordinary rainy days nearly five decades apart, a father and son travel up a cold northern lake in an old boat. On the first trip, the man is strong and determined while his boy is small and chilled and a bit scared. On the second trip, the roles are reversed. Everything about the two days is the same, except for the inevitable passing of time. 

This is a poignant and quiet story, which shows how the simplest moments in life, so easily and so often brushed aside, can yet become transcendent and precious, forming bonds that last a lifetime.