Nice pictures, pghportager!  Funny, somehow I pictured Stumpy Lake as dark and forbidding.  But it looks durned purty!  Now that I know how to get there and there is a fire ring with log seating . . . may just have to visit in September.

I admire all you who headed in that direction.  And Stumpy for kindling the imagination.  During the last year I have given a lot of thought to venturing into back corners of Quetico where there are no portages and look forward to giving that a try.  Thanks for that inspiration!  In my opinion (which is admittedly compromised by the fact that my ass had been firmly planted in air-conditioned boredom all month), neither apologies nor humbleness is appropriate for anyone involved.  And:  I'll be there in 2010!

In the meantime, I am literally begging everyone involved for more details, reports, and pictures.  Hey, Intrepid Camper, where is your report?