Hey, it's December 7th...
Congratulations to Phgportager, Hexnymph, Pennpaddler and the rest of their gang. They (6 in all) were the only people to make it to the Bushwhackers Jamboree 2005...one can only guess at the tales of adventure told around the fire, at their remote camp that night. ???  They ARE the charter members of the BUG-BIT club....You can pick up your patches in 4 1/2 years  ;).
By all rights they should pick the lake and dates for the next Bushwhackers Jamboree. However, at their insistence, I will continue with the honor of scouting, and picking the lake for 2010. I do plan however, to meet their approval (and them) on said lake.
I am also going back to the "Jamboree" name, since my fears of a BIG party out in the woods were unfounded.
So here goes....

BUSHWHACKERS JAMBOREE 2010....

WHO....Whoever can get a permit and get to the lake on the dates to be revealed later. No daytrippers (campers only)...we will gather in the evening.

WHAT...It will be an informal meeting of tough and hardy travelers, where stories and information will be told. Knowledge, that has been earned, and should continued to be earned.

WHERE...It will be on a lake near the middle of Quetico, with no name, no portage trail to it (none), good depth, good water, plenty of bugs and campable shorline, and maybe...just maybe good fishing.

WHEN....It will be in mid-June 2010...when bugs are bad, and so are the voyageurs.

WHY...Because the best information should be earned. Because exploring those no-name lakes makes for great adventure. Because I want to meet other bushwhackers and hear where they've been, and tell them where I've been, and exchange great stories. Because this time I REALLY want to shake the hand of anyone who gets there!!!

HOW...Barring any changes in the permit system...I will anounce the exact date and location on this website at 9:00 PM (cst), December 7, 2009.

Thank you,
Stumpy (your humbled scribe)

Let the guessing begin!    ;D ;D ;D

dd

I'm game!!!
qp

If you don't tell us until December 7, how will we know where to meet you in mid-June??  ???  ??? ;D ;D ;D

My hunch is that the water will be hard and white on December 7, 2010.

By 2010, I expect to have developed & mastered a new medium of creative expression in which to document, for all Posterity, the many expected significant developments of this worthy endeavor dubbed Jamboree II.  

Think modern-day "Songs of the Voyageurs"!

Think "Bushwhacker Bee-Bop"!!

With 4 1/2 years to practice & acquire new material for Bushwhacker Bee-Bop, I figure to score a platinum album, at the very least, with my inaugural efforts in this new art form.

Advance orders may be placed in bait shops and bars everywhere (north of Virginia, MN)....

Jimbo   8)

Bee Bop eh!
That might be a tough challenge for you Jimbo.
Topping the Voyageur Rap at the Jimboree this year, will be a tough challenge to top.  I sure wish I had that on video I'm sure you would have went Platinum by now.  ;)
The gestures as well as the crowd were all left in awe.  
Put me on the list, even if it means a trip to the next Jimboree to get the cd.
qp

wrote on Dec 8^th, 2005 at 9:12pm:

If you don't tell us until December 7, how will we know where to meet you in mid-June??  ???  ??? ;D ;D ;D My hunch is that the water will be hard and white on December 7, 2010.

Whoops, I meant Dec. 7, 2009, I will reveal the location, etc...
Thanks Old Salty One, I went back and fixed that.

Well well well, and so it begins....

Patches eh, where do we pick them up again?

See you there if you dare!

Hex

2010 is kind of a long wait, you don't want to do it sooner?

wrote on Dec 9^th, 2005 at 4:36pm:

2010 is kind of a long wait, you don't want to do it sooner?

No

If someone else cares to plan another get together (Jimboree etc...), by all means do so.

I figure every 5 years, gives bushwhackers a few years to explore new lakes, thus giving them new adventures or finds to tell of. When I was younger and more free, I could explore a lot more in a year or two....but now I have less time to do so.
Also, I need those 5 years to practice-up on my Voodoo.  :-X

I'm in.  I'll try solo, providing five years from now doesn't bring other realities to my plate?

Maybe I'll just haunt your cabin and have a large party, burn the Green A Frame down in your absence.

Socks might stink if not washed out from time to time.  Five years just might give um enough time to air out.

Love funning you Stumpers. Thanks for the guidance along the Kawishiwi Lake heading to that hidden spot off the beaten path north.

;)

wrote on Dec 10^th, 2005 at 3:53am:

I'm in.  I'll try solo, providing five years from now doesn't bring other realities to my plate? Maybe I'll just haunt your cabin and have a large party, burn the Green A Frame down in your absence. Socks might stink if not washed out from time to time.  Five years just might give um enough time to air out. Love funning you Stumpers. Thanks for the guidance along the Kawishiwi Lake heading to that hidden spot off the beaten path north. ;)

Admit it.....You're really Ernest T. Bass, aren't you ?

You know I am in. I will be there in 2010. My son will be 15 by then so maybe I can bring him along.  ;D

The 2005 failure still haunts me  >:(

WW

I expect my patch before then.

I would like to proudly display it to those who make it in 2010.  Tell stories of how it was in the old days.  Back when it was so tough only 6 men ultimatly made it.

I offer a tip for those who would like to go.  On any trip you go on between now and then...spend 2+ days where the red lines don't go - we do.  Bushwhacking will become "?routine?", Or atleast by 2010 there will not be much that can discourage you.  It always offers a bit extra in the overall experience.

Out of curiosity...
We do generally plan 2 days of bushwhacking anymore. Keep in mind I only get to be in the BW or Q for 8 days a year.  It's just plan fun - after the frustration subsides.

Is this normal?  how often does anybody else actually bushwhack?

see you in 2010.

I usually bushwhack a few days each year. Then I find the edge of my property and a road to civilization. ;) ;D

Of course if you actually mowed your lawn, OS, you might be able to find civilization a bit faster..... ;D ;D

...sorry, that one was just to easy.

Ought to be a hoot.  Count me out.

previous post

OWA TAJER KEHIS (phonetics)

OK Folks...
I've got two prospective lakes for the 2010 Jamboree.
Over the next few years, I'll be heading into them to see if one is suitable.
Don't expect this one to be easier than the last (2005).
Expect a twist in how the lake is revealed.
Stumpy

Hex & Penn etc..
You'll have your promised patches by then.

Sounds interesting!  Sure hope you're able to be there yourself this time Stumpy!  Hope I can be there too, sounds like a great time.

Kingfisher and I will be there.

-YB

After reading about the first Bushwacker I am putting this on the calender.  It sounded like a wonderful challenge. Hope to make it.

cedarboy

Ahhh yes, another 5 years of humorous pipe dreams, false bravado... seems another snipe hunt is on!

Ouch !

I am game but after our last excursion with bushwaching Mrs. fishinbuddy is more skeptical, but not 100% opposed to the idea.  

What a woman I have, in my wife.  By that time it may be a family event for us, which would put us way over the limit so we will probably just stop by and say hi.

                                        keep on keepin on Stumps......I for one enjoy looking forward to a remote wilderness rondy that I most likely will never comit to, but the dream and joshin around is always a good read.....you're one of the best Stumps...don't quit now.

db wrote on Sep 24^th, 2006 at 12:32am:

Ahhh yes, another 5 years of humorous pipe dreams, false bravado... seems another snipe hunt is on!

Indeed!  Stumpster, you list McIntyre Lake as your location.  What can you share with us about McIntyre?

McIntyre Lake is where the Stumpy of legend (as the story was told to us wide-eyed  :o youth) was to have commited his axe wielding crimes

Purely fiction...for sure  ;)....but it's the name I took.

It could be Lake Michigan...

to keep an eye on the Chisox...

Stumpy is a sly old fox...

hope springs eternal...

This came to mind after reading the above posts and thinking back on the re-telling of past adventures:

Said one of these men, long past seventy years of age: "I could carry ,paddle , walk and sing with any man I ever saw. I have been twenty five years a canoe man, and fortyone years in service; no portage was ever too long for me. Fiftysongs could I sing. I have saved the lives of 10 voyagers. Have had 12 wives and 6 running dogs. I spent all my money in pleasure. Were I young again, I should spend my life the same way over . There is no life so happy as a voyagers life.

Glory Days / False Bravado / Recolecting days of youth/ and bragging just a little.

just a few more wives...and I'll be there   ::)

Ah, some more brushcrasher talk... it's been too long.

I've yet to post this years report on our Barto excursion.  Did you happen to make it?

We'll be watchin and waitin.

Hex

Hex,
I've been holding off on a reply here, as I wanted to post a whole trip report...but I don't know when I'll get around to that.
No, we did'nt go all the way to Barto. We went several miles up the Barto creek. That included 3 bushwhacks along small canyons/falls. We turned around and went out to camp on Dent lake and then headed North from there.
Barto did'nt seem important enough to do that whole creek, that was drying more as we headed up it (it's 7 miles long).  We also started up it at noon that day...too late.
It was just my nephew and I, and I've lowered my risk taking with a family waiting on me back home. I might start renting a sattelite phone for long bushwhacks. The physical parts not a problem....yet.
We could have gotten in there from the East, but the creek was enticing to me.
Anyway, we continued on our wandering route and did 72 portages on that trip...7 days/6 nights.
I did'nt know you were going there, sorry if I caused you to plan around that, expecting I'd be going there too....plans change.
If we ever do meet though....it should surely be on a bushwhack lake.

We were actually in there the first week of June.  We didn't run the whole Barto creek either.  We traveled south from Drag lake or at least half way across a portage out of Drag.  I have also been "not getting around" to putting together a trip report.  We also ran into a lot of dried out lakes and Barto creek didn't provide much till we were close to Barto lake.  The lake was a nice one although fishing was slow.  Some day I'll post a full report... some day.

See you in 2010

Hex

Hey Stumpy, (and anyone else interested)

I managed to put our trip report together.

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Skip ahead to days three and four to read about our Barto adventure if your interested.

Hex

Very cool report.  

Nice report, thanks for sharing your fun.

Hey Hex !....Way to go guys !

I just got back from Ely, or I'd have posted sooner.
Another great adventure....wish I could have been along.
So you left me a moose shed ?....sorry I did'nt get to see it.

Makes me think....I'm way over due on a long bushwhack.

more power to you !

Thanks for the great report.  I admire your work ethic! (for the report, but more for how hard this trip looks as I read and followed it on a map!)

This one phrase really got me...
"It was too dark to see when we finally gave up on fishing and headed up to the fire ring to make dinner and settle down for the night."
---I love days like that -- reading that just grabs me & makes me want to go back so bad!!!

-Tom

Before this month is over, I expect to paddle the lake of the next Bushwhackers Jamboree.

This time...I'll also be there, for the main event.....or my name ain't Stumpy......

wait, my name's Ed !

I had a great time reading all about 2005, and I hope the timing works out so I can try in 2010.  

I should probably do a little practice bushwhacking this year.

Kyyrewyyoae  :-?

 Welcome aboard!
There has got to be a good story behind that handle?
You'll need to spell it out phonetically, OR we'll have to refer to you as KY, that might be misleading and probably political incorrect  ;D

Oh yeah, sorry about that.  I've been using it for so long that I forget what it must look like.  It's just a silly, Old-English way of spelling 'crow.'  

Learn something everyday ;)

Stumpy wrote on May 5^th, 2008 at 4:17am:

Before this month is over, I expect to paddle the lake of the next Bushwhackers Jamboree. This time...I'll also be there, for the main event.....or my name ain't Stumpy...... wait, my name's Ed !

Well the month is over, did Stumpy make it?  If you read his trip reports maybe some preplanning can start...

Here we go again....                             Jimbo   8-)

Drivn'n around Ely Sat around noonish 08 /23 2008...heading to the the WELY Radio station to pic up a copy of the "Jewels of Ely" CD" and who would I see?

I say to my self... "Well I'll be".

I yell out the Window... "Ed?"

No response ...Red haired man dressed in green keeps walking..briskly.

I yell.... "ED!"

No response... same as before..brisk walk continues... away from me.

I Yell...  "STUMPY!"

Man turns around looks at me and says..."K!".

Well gang... yes, here we go again.  Stump has been out scouting and has a few locations in mind.  Though I'm not privy to say...  thoughts are to not make the Jamboree quite as difficult..but not to make it easy either...or why bother.. Yes several locations are on the table... though I may have an idea...don't ask as you know Stump may just have been fibbing a bit to me...  Ed showed concern that it would be real but not death defying, but not exactly easy or what's the point.  Said to me.. I'm getting older too you know...and I think about my wife and kid now..every-time I'm out there..about to do some of the things I used to...now I stop and think it over.

Though, as it seems yes... the Jamboree is in the planning stages....or his name ain't "Ed"... and the paddle that points the way to his place does say... "Ed's Place"... so his name really is Ed.

Speaking for Stump as he can not reply today as he's guiding a group this week.

Stumpers...hope I did not say anything out of line or context that you did not want said... but your public wants to know.

I suppose upon your return you will want to fill us in on what is or is not to be... or your name ain't Ed, ol friend.

k  

I would like to petition for an August or September date....instead of when the bugs are at their worst  :-?

Hey, K
Nice meeting up with you.
Our trip went well...fishing could have been better, but we still managed a few walleye dinners , just had to work for them (not sure the term "work" really aplies)
Nothing to say about the Jamboree right now, I'm still dithering over a couple lakes.
and as for August or Sept, IC ?....I'm still liking June (maybe it'll be a dry one)
Stumpy

intrepid_camper wrote on Aug 26^th, 2008 at 11:47pm:

I would like to petition for an August or September date....instead of when the bugs are at their worst  :-?

The real reason Ed prefers June is that he can't stand the thought of missing the Sox annual choke. ;D

What OS ?

How can you call it the "annual" choke, when we've won the World Series 3 times, in the last 102 years........well ok, almost annual  ::)

Oh  :-? I thought the date and destination were to separate the HE-men from the WEE-men  :-*

So it is officially 2009  :D  When do we get to hear about the destination lake for Bushwhackers Jamboree 2010 ???

Yeah Stumpy lets start the hype  ;D.... where we going, where we going .... give us a hint  ;D

Troy

I'd be willing to bet!  That Stumpy isn't letting the cat out of the bag for a few months.  Isn't it like Dec 7th or something like that?  

Any one interested in packing in an extra pack for me?   :o  I'd like to get a skydive entry point and get some great areial video of this event.  

qp

Just drop the pack before you jump!

Old Salt wrote on Jan 7^th, 2009 at 9:09pm:

Just drop the pack before you jump!

I thought of that , but I was worried the pack might hit the lake and swish the water right out!   ;D

I tell you what QP, we'll catch it for you!  Me and my crew will be there waiting!

Hex

Hex can get a video of you swooshing in on your paraglider, right behind the impressive swish of water forced out of the lake by your pack  ;D

intrepid_camper wrote on Jan 9^th, 2009 at 2:01am:

Hex can get a video of you swooshing in on your paraglider, right behind the impressive swish of water forced out of the lake by your pack  ;D

Swishing, Swooshing, Pink Flamingo's, not the words you'd normally associate with a manly, cigar chomping, sky diving, construction stud like QP  ;)

Where it be ?
Man, look beyond those ridges, and you'll find a women on the other side.

Nice gals, Agnes & Louisa.

Jimbo   8-)

Or could it be the equally curvaceous sisters, Paulene, Suzanette, Sarah, Marj and Joyce  :-?

Jeez Louise, that man Stumpy sure gives soem odd clues.  No man could figure out the right lake without more information than this man has.

Well, heck
I see you think, your onto that clue...At least you can do some planning, at this time (entry point, etc...) but I don't want to get too specific, this early on.
Gotta wait till it gets close.
Just 15 months away...hard to believe how fast time flies.

Clues burried in this post ?....no way

Stumpy

Well Stump, ol' buddy, ol' unmet (yet) pal...the suspense is killing me  :'(
Please, please, please...give us another clue to dwell upon.  Better yet get even more specific so we can dream over our canoe maps and imagine an "easy" route to the secret lake.   8-)

Ahh... Vicki...it would be nice to stare at a map all summer dreaming of the 2010 meeting place  ;D

Doubt he he will get too specific, don't think anyone here would prescout the lake... that would ruin the fun, but you never know.

Troy

WW- Are you going to attend in 2010?  Hard to believe four years has already gone by since the last one.   ;)

Are solos invited?

Anyone who can get there is invited.  If you are a legal party for Quetico, the invitation is open.

intrepid_camper wrote on Mar 30^th, 2009 at 8:08pm:

WW- Are you going to attend in 2010?  Hard to believe four years has already gone by since the last one.   ;)

Oh yes... I will be there again & this time I will actually make it to the Lake....

It was a relief to hear that even Stumpy didn't make it...  ;D

Hope to see you again in 2010


bmaines wrote on Mar 31^st, 2009 at 2:04pm:

Are solos invited?

I hope so... as I might be solo myself

Troy

Why not bring the boy Troy. They are never to young to learn about the women of the north; or will he be tied up with Bball? Great post BTW on the Barto crash and such-kudos to all persons on that trip.....know the moose/pseudo portage on the Louse river route and no no it was not my candy wrapper ;) .....but I did see your folks' boot tracks.

marlin55388 wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2009 at 5:30am:

Why not bring the boy Troy. They are never to young to learn about the women of the north;

Ahh... he is a smart kid & I wouldn't want to corrupt his mind  ;D

Besides, he would be a liability on an aggressive bushwhack... he is my son, but moves through the woods like his mother  :o

I will have to see where we will end up, who knows maybe I will team up with a cigar smoking southern boy again  ;) or maybe I will find someone else to take... either way, I will be there.

Troy

So Stumpy when is the tenativly scheduled bushwack again? Itr sounds as if some of us need to solidify our partners and plan our menus and such....I wonder how many will not have the need to request vacation time....How about it Stumpy. Woodwalker he does have half of your genetic information....so corrupt him the best as you can!

I say we all take turns camping out at Stumps cabin..for a day or two...forming a continuous stream of campers through out the summer, until one of us can nail him down for a date, time, lake...

Just one long summer time fling..with campers coming and going all season long.  We could sell t-shirts with Stumps picture on it.. with a bounty... ;D

Not saying I'm attending.. but I'm thinking..could happen.

How about it Stump...more info.

k

Yah Stumpy how about it ;)

Will we need to bring lures for suckers and chubs again or are there going to be real fish this time?  Hints?  

Hex

A dipnet should be sufficient.  :o ::)

Dipnet.... smelt, I love smelt!  Do you think they will still be running that late in the season?

Hex

hexnymph wrote on Apr 8^th, 2009 at 1:24pm:

Dipnet.... smelt, I love smelt!  Do you think they will still be running that late in the season? Hex

I suspect they will have slowed down to a walk by mid-June.       Jimbo  8-)

How does New meat paticipate? :o

Hang around and tell us where your fishing holes are located...

OK I'll give up one. Its one the east side of the BWCA. Liittle lake called Daniels. Go right after ice out' and troll the SE side of the lake, there's a little Island on your to your left, stay to the right, dead center inbetween the island and shore. I use a line counter reel and an 8ft walleye rod.  attach 1/4 oz white maribou jig. Tip with the head of a fresh rainbow shiner and eat the body.(optional). Then let out another 75 to 100 ft of line. paddle like hell. You must arrive b4 sun up. fishing slows with the rising of the sun. say hello to the otter who ate 6 dozen of my minnows last year.Note to self, locking minnow bucket. Catch one fish to eat, release the rest please. Upon catching 1 delicious redfin laker, immediatly build fire and cook in tinfoil pouch with dill and a little butter. I use a planer board and snap weights. 50-50 method. :-?

Enough detail for ya old salt? ;) It's getting late. God bless during holy week. Happy Easter! Peace!

DUNCAN!

[quote author=marlin55388 link=1134017769/70#73 date=1238980038]So Stumpy when is the tenativly scheduled bushwack again?

Nothing "tenativly" about it


I would much love to croon
'neath a big June full moon
but alas, it is not meant to be
for I'll be there before...
dropped one egg on the floor
leaving not quite a dozen. You see ?

I'll announce the place & date right here at 9 PM (central time) on December 7, 2009.

WOW, Boy do I feel like a groupy from some 80's rock band.  I just found this site and see all the characters from my favorite BWJ article.  All I can say is... I feel giddy.  Well, not really, but I am in the mood for some BUSHWACKIN'.
So, Being that I'm new here I will be committing myself and my 16 year old son to this task.  My goal: the DUCE.  If we plan and train hard enough, We have the opportunity to become... A DUCE.  It may not be as highly coveted as being a charter member, but hey silvers better than bronze.

I look forward to the upcoming info!

RangerDad wrote on Apr 14^th, 2009 at 7:43pm:

WOW, Boy do I feel like a groupy from some 80's rock band.  I just found this site and see all the characters from my favorite BWJ article....

RangerDad,

Yeah, this place is crawlin' with "characters", especially when the old Jamboree hype REALLY gets cranked up, starting around Pearl Harbor Day... Stumpy's Day of Infamy.  My son & I made the attempt on the original Jamboree.. just like you're planning.  We came up a little short & decided to host a soggy canoeists' festival on pink flamingo island, instead.  That worked out just as well & has, in fact, become somewhat of an "annual thing" (minus the soggy part).  

My son will be overseas & therefore won't be able to make the attempt next year.  As for me, chances are I'll find myself in the general vicinity once again.

I wish you the best of luck in your attempt!  Welcome to QJ!

Jimbo   8-)

RangerDad wrote on Apr 14^th, 2009 at 7:43pm:

characters

Me thinks he's called the kettle black.

I've never fished DUNCAN, I've had a GREAT time on MOSS.(day trip) Speaking of Characters, Welcome Ranger Dad!!! Your boy is 16 already? Where does the time go? :o

MOSS! Time flies into the past.....Big fish in Duncan I have seen them skiing but never fished it-heard about MOSS too!

Welcome RangerDad to the world of characters, or should I say black kettles!

Fellow QJers,
i have been lurking on this thread for awhile, out of curiosity. My schedule rules out the Bushwhacker Jamboree, but after exhaustive research I have definitely, positively, without-a-doubt, IDENTIFIED THE SITE.
I will happily provide the information to anyone who wants it. Simply write your name, address, and email on a 3X5 postcard. Securely tape the postcard to the underside of the stern seat of a Bell Northwind canoe, blackgold with all wood trim, and ship it to me. Send me a PM and I'll give you my address. Upon arrival of said postcard and canoe, I will send you the information via registered US mail.
Sorry, no substitutions.
;D
Wind-in-Face
PS Multiple requests welcome.

Kawishiway
You nailed it.

RangerDad
I have made some very good friends and tripping partners as a result of Jimbo pink flamingo island festivities.
In a few short years your son is likely to be too busy with what ever life throws at him to go on canoe trips. Make the most of it.
MagicPaddler

Absolutely.  I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but there is no better place to spend time with your family than solitude.  

I am looking forward to the duce.  It's that time in my life when I look back and think, wow, when did I become my dad?  Anyways, I know it will be a challenge, but hey, isn't that what makes it great?

DUCE 010 BABY!

My son is going to be `11 next month he's already in boyscouts! His first solo daytrip will be SAT. It will be exciting to see how he does in his own boat! I not losing the auto trim in my boat ( he's been sitting behind me for years ) I'm gaining a partner to share my love of the woods. My wif e will have to share her boat with him. Why do I have a feeling I'll have to buy 3 more solos? For all my girls! :o Rangerdad has been talking about this bushwackers jamboree ever since the article came out in the BWJ I forget how long ago that was. We worked together years ago and we kept in touch off and on. We stumbled across this site on the same week. What are the odds? I will go anywhere, anyplace, anytime. My gear is ALWAYS packed! 8-) I just need a little notice in2010. Where is Pink Flamingo Island?  

Sounds like RangerDad has a little bushwhack withdrawal symptoms.  Ya I can sympathize with him.
Magicpaddler

Fishpig wrote on Apr 17^th, 2009 at 4:07am:

My son is going to be `11 next month he's already in boyscouts! His first solo daytrip will be SAT. It will be exciting to see how he does in his own boat! I not losing the auto trim in my boat ( he's been sitting behind me for years ) I'm gaining a partner to share my love of the woods. My wif e will have to share her boat with him. Why do I have a feeling I'll have to buy 3 more solos? For all my girls! :o Rangerdad has been talking about this bushwackers jamboree ever since the article came out in the BWJ I forget how long ago that was. We worked together years ago and we kept in touch off and on. We stumbled across this site on the same week. What are the odds? I will go anywhere, anyplace, anytime. My gear is ALWAYS packed! 8-) I just need a little notice in2010. Where is Pink Flamingo Island?

Fishpig -

I may have answers to your two questions.

"HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT?"  Well, unfortunately, I don't have my BWJ's here at the office as I take my lunch break, but I'm wanting to say I wrote that story for the 2006 Spring issue.

"WHERE IS PINK FLAMINGO ISLAND?"  You see, some say it is like Brigadoon... it only appears every fifth year.  My guess, however, is that its right where I left it, due west of the mid-section of Cairn Lake.  That first flamingo-following crowd dubbed that auspicious event as "Jimboree" (a pure rip-off & alternative "happening" to Jamboree).  I think we've celebrated a Jimboree every year since.  You would not believe all the pink champagne glasses, balloons, fishing lures, feathers, signs, hats, shirts, fish buoys, lawn ornaments (of course), fish stew, & other highly unlikely pink paraphenalia that, subsequently, have been hauled into remote wilderness areas to celebrate this unusual event!  Ultimately, the location of Pink Flamingo Island seems to move around on an annual basis.  Were you to plot its actual geographic coordinates, you would discover it seems to exist wherever I happen to end up in a given year.

It seems I cannot avoid this island, so I have come to accept it as my summer-tripping fate.  For those wishing to experience it, Pink Flamingo Island will likely appear THIS YEAR somewhere in the wilds of Woodland Caribou Park.  NEXT YEAR?  Why, I expect it to appear in proximity to Bushwhackers Jamboree, of course!

Jimbo   8-)

Oh yea.  I just finished a recent article in BWJ about bushwaking in the Q.  Great article but I swear I could here and feel the mosquitos and black flies swarming above me. I guess I'll have to toughin up a little more.  

FishPig, next weeek I'll send you the seminars I'll be at.  The kid has a hockey tourney next weekend so it'll be hit or miss.

Only 234 more days until we find out.  

Hey Wind-In-Face a brand new canoe has already been already been shipped, the checks in the mail, etc.  So you can handover the coordinates now.  Honestly, you can trust me, I won't tell a soul!

Life short and so is my workday, have a great weekend!

RangerDad wrote on Apr 17^th, 2009 at 6:00pm:

Oh yea.  I just finished a recent article in BWJ about bushwaking in the Q.  Great article but I swear I could here and feel the mosquitos and black flies swarming above me. I guess I'll have to toughin up a little more....

RangerDad,

Ah, yes, the most recent BWJ issue with the bushwhack story... let the full truth be known!

NOT ONLY did the two guys in THAT BWJ story steal MY idea (new eastern entry to the Q into McKenzie via those old logging roads), they assigned ME the role of watching/monitoring THEM while they did it!!  I was assigned the couch potato end of their SpotMessenger device and received messages via satellite to the internet showing me their daily geographic coordinates EACH day!  Talk about frustration!!  Honestly, those two clowns had me a bit worried at the end of Day One when I could clearly see they did NOT end up on McKenzie Lake, as planned.  However, their Spot Message to me that night did not indicate they required me to send in the cavalry for their rescue.  In the subsequent days, those lowlifes proceeded to camp (& send me messages with map coordinates) at EVERY fishing hole we had previously shared together, causing me great distress & much drooling over my missed opportunity!

By the way, I would be remiss if I failed to point out that those two scum bags are annual "Jimboree" participants.  In fact, you see that dude in the BWJ pic with the mosquito net on his head???  HE is a bonafide "charter member" of that original Pink Flamingo Island crowd. [And, incidently, he also can always be counted upon to carry an extra bottle of stool softener around should fellow paddlers every require such medication]

Alas, I suppose it is simply Fate that we scum bags - as well as birds of a feather - tend to flock together.....   ;)

Jimbo   8-)

Hay you took the stool softner home not me.
MagicPaddler

Magic,

YOUR bottle of stool softener has, no doubt, found a deserving home with another worthy soul, I suspect.  Just who?  Well, I can't say... it beats the crap out of me (er... him).

Jimbo  8-)

I suspect I _ we will see that bottle again.

Looking forward to next time we meet

Original group of characters at the 1st "Jimboree"
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None of us mode it to the real deal, but had a blast anyway

Here's another shady character we met on our path
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Troy

Woodland caribou park? I've never even been to Quetico yet!! (warrior hill count?) I believe somebody has a hell of lot more time off than I do!!! Or less kids! Purposely ambiguous, comprende'. See ya at MM Rangerdad.SHHHHH - hear that? The Rum River is calling me. Come to me Fishpig. C ya.

Fishpig wrote on Apr 18^th, 2009 at 4:28am:

I believe somebody has a hell of lot more time off than I do!!! Or less kids!....

Fishpig,

True & somewhat true!

Three of us in Woods Walker's pic are older farts (flamino guy, guy in yellow shirt, & guy in blue shirt & blue hat... a former Olympic champion who would go out & swim 15 laps around our island each morning).  In our cases, we tend to have been around long enough to earn plenty of vacation.  OR, in the case of my son (far left), he had a long break between semesters at school.  OR, in the case of the professional wrestler on the far right (you'd recognize him IF he had his performer's "mask" on), he can arrange his matches to accommodate his canoe-tripping passion.  Likewise, the Broadway playwright (pictured sitting down) was actually hard at work, searching for her muse; she went on to produce a fine work that we soon expect to see the light of day on stage in NYC (rumor has it to be a poignant drama involving canoeists stranded on a remote wilderness island).  Harder to account for are the remaining two characters.  The fellow second from left (dark beige outfit & hat) is a bit of an eccentric millionaire (billionaire?) and something of a midwestern tycoon who made a killing in fertilizers.  He goes wherever he wants at any time.  Speaking of "killing", the background of the remaining (shady) character with the orange whistle is something of a dark mystery.  First of all, he flew into the Twin Cities from Bogota, Columbia.  Secondly, he smoked funny-smelling cigars the ENTIRE time together on Pink Flamigo Island.  Frankly, the rest of us were simply afraid to ask just WHAT he did for a living!  He claimed he was a "contractor" who dabbled in films & expected to be out on the west coast soon to arrange a big "deal".


Somewhat true is your comment about "LESS kids".  In my case, my two boys are fully grown... yet still considered "kids" in my ancient eyes.  The collegian pictured on the far left of WW's pic has been going north with me for nearly fifteen years.  The playwright (seated) brought her kid along on last year's Jimboree.  I have fond memories of him "sailing" his kayak on Bearpelt Creek.  He is a fine young man.  Even the mysterious Columbian dude has also taken a kid into Quetico.  He tells me that the two of them planted a very "special" cache on Draper Lake.  Anyone who showed up at the campsite where he set it up would have a really special time, I expect.

Anyhow, now you know the rest of the story....

Jimbo   8-)

MAPS?

If ya"ll don't mind hangin' out with a Redneck Truck driver I won't mind hangin' out with you. I'm just  paddle freak. I don't know why, just something about it. Heck I don't even care If I fish. My son Tug would be mad If he read that. How funny smelling, I get RDT's?(job requirement)

OK,
For my 500th post...Here's one  way (of several),  you can get there....

First off, there's an island on a nice lake, where you can have your gathering or staging area. It will be an obvious spot. I'll call it "Interlopers Island".
From Interlopers Island it is simple.
You first paddle, then bushwhack, then paddle, then bushwhack, then paddle. Next you bushwhack (or bushwhack, paddle, bushwhack...but I don't recomend this). After that, you then paddle, then bushwhack (toughest part), then paddle, then bushwhack and Wallah !! You are there !
Lot's of shoreline and room to spread out, and wait for the BUG-BIT Club Initiation, that night. Which I'm sure will be quite scary...er...I mean fun.

with much respect,
Stumpy

Dang I need my MAPS!

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i am pretty sure I have seen that guy before!

thebutcher

Great post Jimbo..  ;D

I am starting now to get in shape for the next wrestling match....LOL

Bushwack paddle, bushwack paddle, bushwack paddle, bushwack paddle, bushwack paddle, bushwack paddle, sounds like fun... I can't wait!

Butcher... I bet you even seen that guy today...LOL

marlin55388 wrote on Apr 18^th, 2009 at 3:04pm:

MAPS?

Are you kidding me?  Those things are just for looks and to make the others think you actually know where you are going.   They are not much count after dark anyway.
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I offered my map once to a person to get the fire started, but he insisted for more than 3 hours that he could start the fire without it.  
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Needless to say all of us just sat under that tarp and watch the rainfall and smirking now and then about that ancient fire starting method he was using.
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Then there were those who tried to help.
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The entertainment that evening was something a person should only be allowed to see once, and I'm not referring to the fire starting.   As I recall the camera I was using kept shutting off for some unknown reason, I suspect the memory card was smarter than I at that moment.  
Hey Jimbo maybe you could hum a few bars for the rookie's coming?
Those Columbians sure can hand roll a fine cigar!
I never did see the picture being taken by the photographer in this shot,
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Woookie! LOL.....Coming going... like the hints....Am probably do for a good bushwack in that neck of the woods-been years since that last one on foot with out a boat...lucky to be back considering all the Bear wallows I walked though-was the only trip that I have every gone out of Ely-'92-Back packing days before I really took on the water and found the true love....I tell you all if I make it there I will give you my maps and start your fire if you will lead me back, I think I can ketch up....as long as you give me the pleasure of making bread 4 you all-but Stumpy should be the bringer of butter! Would that work for you all? ::)

 Those rain day pictures , remind me WHY I wouldn't go on a trip without a saw and a small axe/hatchet to cut and split to get the dry heartwood inside.  A small piece of tubing 1/4-1/2 " and the height of your pack, makes a lightweight BLOW pipe to get even the most stubborn fire roaring ;)

Yeah, even a tube of fire-starter didn't work on Flash's fire or should I say smoke.  ;)

It sure was comfy under that huge tarp  ;D

& Magic Paddlers brother enjoyed his perch on top of my barrel.

Bo that midnight paddle & portages was great, even under the circumstances.... don't know how we found the portages in the dark.... but we knew where camp was for 3 miles away thanks to my spare red led head lamp.  ;D

Good times, Good people & Good memories... that's what the trips are all about.... looking forward to making more on 2010 !!

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Fishpig wrote on Apr 18^th, 2009 at 4:28am:

I believe somebody has a hell of lot more time off than I do!!! Or less kids!....

The fellow second from left (dark beige outfit & hat) is a bit of an eccentric millionaire (billionaire?) and something of a midwestern tycoon who made a killing in fertilizers.  He goes wherever he wants at any time.  
Jimbo   8-)[/quote]

Fertilizer?...ok...so there is some truth there...I'll go with it. ;)


Kawishiway wrote on Apr 1^st, 2006 at 9:58pm:

wrote on Apr 21st, 2009 at 1:09am: K - Inflamed ganglia.  Disconnected synapses.  The results of drinking low-grade beer, no doubt... "swill", I think another QJ member/friend once called it at a local QJ get-together.  I have since upgraded my brew selection but, alas, it has done nothing for my memory. I even forgot to mention the part about your vanishing food pack! Jimbo   8) Ahh..the missing food pack… In over a decade of canoe camping I’ve yet to loose my lunch to a bear. The first few years I may have over done it most times, hanging the food bag better than it need be, almost becoming a ritual, until, well, the year of the 1st annual BWJ. I realized I have gotten lazy over the years looking for simpler ways to canoe camp, even resorting to hanging my pack over the side of a cliff or rock, thinking bears can’t be that smart, or be brave enough to jump off a cliff on to a pack, doing what it takes to severe the pack from it’s rope, however…. At the BWJ, I did just that…hung my pack off a rock cliff on the Island we were camped on that eve.  Upon waking the next morn, going to retrieve my food pack, scratching my head seeing the rope no longer taunt, and to my dismay overlooking the cliff was no food pack.  Only the end of a rope dangling in the wind playfully. I stood there for a moment in disbelief.  Gratefully I was with a group, but the thought of needing to pawn food from others that were also on rations, considering weight issues regarding paddling to the heart of the Quetico, was not appealing. After gathering my thoughts I decided to scout the shores for my missing food pack. Just maybe I hadn’t done a good job with the knot, or there was something left floating along the shores of Cairn Lake. About then Woods Walker approached and asked, “”What’s wrong K”? I said to WW, “Look”. WW replied, “I knew I should have said something last night, but it looked to me like you didn’t do a very good job with your knot, and that you might not have hung your food bag out of reach of a good sized bear”. I wanted to argue with Woods Walker, but the facts spoke for them selves.  At the end of my rope, hanging over the cliff, was nothing but air.  My food pack was now, perhaps at the bottom of the lake, in the stomach of a bear, or had floated to another shore.   I decided to head out in my Wenonah prism kayak to look for my food pack. It was then that Woods Walker told me that Pink Flamingo’s had a dark side.   WW said “The Flamingos had grabbed my food pack early that morning while I was still snoring and hid it in the bush.  He and QP had watched the whole thing. That if I looked closely there was one flamingo pointing the way to my missing food pack. After scouting the Island I found an honest flamingo, pointing the way to my missing food pack. It was April 1st in the bush. k

Woods_Walker wrote on Apr 21^st, 2009 at 1:09am:

Good times, Good people & Good memories...

Fertilizer... I resemble that remark! 8-)

k

I did not mean to stop this thread dead in it's tracks.

It was "good times and good people".  I learned a lot on that trip that I'll never forget from many.  One thing that sticks in my mind is while climbing the range to look out from the top of an abondon fire tower was when WW broke branches along the way so we could find our way back.  Stuff like that just might safe my life some day.

k

Kawishiway wrote on Apr 25^th, 2009 at 4:21pm:

I did not mean to stop this thread dead in it's tracks. It was "good times and good people".  I learned a lot on that trip that I'll never forget from many.  One thing that sticks in my mind is while climbing the range to look out from the top of an abondon fire tower was when WW broke branches along the way so we could find our way back.  Stuff like that just might safe my life some day. k

Yeah K, Just dont forget to turn the underside of the leaves in the direction you will be heading back out... Cheap trick I use in tricky spots, where it all looks the same.... sure beats littering the woods with bright color flags.

Troy

Egads  :o Stumpy!  That route sounds more challenging than 2005  :P.
I thought I heard a rumor it would be a bit easier because you are getting older and stiffer in the knees  ;)
By the maps I would say that could be from No Man to Louisa  :-? .
(Don't take me seriously anyone...I have no idea yet where we are going, but hate to have to wait till December  :( to find out. )   IC

Stumpy wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2006 at 5:36am:

OK Folks... I've got two prospective lakes for the 2010 Jamboree. Over the next few years, I'll be heading into them to see if one is suitable. Don't expect this one to be easier than the last (2005). Expect a twist in how the lake is revealed. Stumpy Hex & Penn etc.. You'll have your promised patches by then.

Easier ?.....Well, you will have the option to break up the march into the Jamboree. You can take more than 1 day to bust in there. It might be harder phisically, but 2 routes in (and maybe more) will offer more peace of mind, than BWJ 2005. There will be plenty of water en route, and even a surprise...if you keep your eyes peeled & are lucky.
Dang !....I guess I've got to get those patches, as promised.....guess I better plan a bake sale.

......

Hey Stumpy i will bake bread for your bake sale and give you a hand ;)-I also have great brownie recipes- but then I want my patch and location early so I can prep my boy and such. You can PM, your secrets are safe with me ;)

More peace of mind?  A surprise?  I'm getting excited!

Wow I'll be only a jump to 60 since the hop and skip would have passed, I wonder if I'll be to old to do a trip like this? NAH I hope to see you all on Stumpy's chub pond.

flpaddler-I heard you were a mere 29.5....that is so not to old for a bushwack.....hey I was wondering if you would be willing to carry my pack for a piece of bread, I mean since i am older and all?

I need higher hipwaders ;D Do we get GPS coordinates or ?????

GPS ?  .....I guess that stands for Go Pound Sand.

Do what you gotta do, to get there....but all you get from me, is the lake pointed out.

OK, Geez, you don't gotta be mean about it. I thunk it meant good pleasant dinner. :-? er a supper

I guess that did sound mean...I did'nt mean for it to.
I did'nt type with mean intent.

take care....see ya there       maybe

Fishpig.. by the time this is all said and done... others will be plotting GPS coordinates for you... (if this goes as last time) with no guarantees... as to accuracy.  A proceed at your own risk status with a disclaimer attached.  A few of us have battle wounds from days in the woods, myself included.. though you could also call them stupid wounds.

Still can't say if I'm attending this go... See you there... maybe.

k

I think the GPS is cheating  >:( Give me DRC (dead reconing & compass) any day  ;)
If the 60 year old lady can make it, then the 60-ish guys should have no excuses.   :-*
BTW...any other ladies out there who want to do the "great Stumpy Adventure" ?? :-?
IC

I can tell you is you are leapfroging your gear it makes it a lot easier to find if you have a GPS marker to go back to.  I can find a lake after a mile of bushwhacking but a pack after 100 yards may be another matter.
MagicPaddler

intrepid_camper wrote on May 8^th, 2009 at 4:55pm:

I think the GPS is cheating  >:( Give me DRC (dead reconing & compass) any day  ;) If the 60 year old lady can make it, then the 60-ish guys should have no excuses.   :-* ... IC

I keep chuckling and hearing an automated voice saying "Turn left in 1 mile at the next island" ...

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intrepid_camper wrote on May 8th, 2009 at 4:55pm: I think the GPS is cheating  >:( Give me DRC (dead reconing & compass) any day  ;) If the 60 year old lady can make it, then the 60-ish guys should have no excuses.   :-* ... IC I keep chuckling and hearing an automated voice saying "Turn left in 1 mile at the next island" ...

...and the voice is always feminine...

MP your point is well taken  8-)  You are absolutely correct about finding a pack and I can see the advantage in the GPS for sure!  
Finding the canoe is a bit easier, especially when you leave it hanging up in the trees like you were able to do while Bushwacking in 2005. ;D

GPS, compass  I use both. Just need a little direction. leave bread crumbs, I'll find it  ;)

Fishpig wrote on May 13^th, 2009 at 9:26pm:

GPS, compass  I use both. Just need a little direction. leave bread crumbs, I'll find it  ;)

It will be easy... just follow the migrating pink flamingo's... I know one will be guiding my canoe  ;D

Troy

I'm suppose to base my navigation on a derigable, mauve aquatic migratory flying reptillian? Can it grip it by the husk? ;D

Like i HAVE SAID BEFORE BREAD IS VERY USEFUL....CRUMBS AND ALL!

marlin55388 wrote on May 19^th, 2009 at 1:09am:

Like i HAVE SAID BEFORE BREAD IS VERY USEFUL....CRUMBS AND ALL!

Good idea, any stray flamingo's can just follow the trail & eat while they go.

FishPig you don't need a GPS.  If you get lost you get lost.  No biggie.  Just keep the sun over your right shoulder and the fish will always come to you!  ;D

With my luck, It will rain for 3 weeks! And my dog will eat the bread crumbs, and the flamingos, and my paddles......come to think of it, he's not coming with! He gets a little pissy with furry visitors anyways, no manners whatsoever! :-/

181 days...

PM me when there is one ;)and I will start vaccuum bagged bread mix :)

Yikes !
The Jamboree is less than a year away !
In fact, I'll anounce the lake in 5 months (December 7).
I better start eating my Wheaties, and quit shaving my beard.

I hate this waiting part...Stumpy, aren't you just itching to tell us where we'll be headed?  :-?

This topic has been quiet for a while...

Hey Stumpy, did you actually make it to the destination haunted lake?  Did any of your crew wet a line?  Is the lake haunted with fish?

My crew and I are starting to get in the mood.

Although I believe we have narrowed it down a bit, do you have any additional hints?  December is still a long ways off.

Hex

Stumpy is in mourning over the White Sox annual nosedive...

Just 12 short weeks till December 7th....but if Stumpy wants to give us another clue I'd love to hear it  :D

Could the spooky Lake be "Hoare Lake" and the woman beyond the ridges "Berniece"....   If it is, I got this route covered  ;D

Nope, it aint Hoare.
Hoare lake was one place I had planned to talk about at BWJ I, but you've given more info on it here, than I had anyway.
I knew it had trout & a mesage jar.

as for the lake to be.............more than one island !

Stumpy are these clues still accurate?

Clue 1: Lake near the middle of Quetico, with no name, no portage trail

Clue 2: Man, look beyond those ridges, and you'll find a women on the other side.

Mystery Poem?:

I would much love to croon
'neath a big June full moon
but alas, it is not meant to be
for I'll be there before...
dropped one egg on the floor
leaving not quite a dozen. You see ?


Clue 3: First off, there's an island on a nice lake, where you can have your gathering or staging area. It will be an obvious spot. I'll call it "Interlopers Island".

From Interlopers Island it is simple. You first paddle, then bushwhack, then paddle, then bushwhack, then paddle. Next you bushwhack (or bushwhack, paddle, bushwhack...but I don't recomend this). After that, you then paddle, then bushwhack (toughest part), then paddle, then bushwhack and Wallah !! You are there !


Clue 4: You can take more than 1 day to bust in there. It might be harder physically, but 2 routes in (and maybe more) will offer more peace of mind, than BWJ 2005. There will be plenty of water en route, and even a surprise...if you keep your eyes peeled & are lucky.

Clue 5: Nope, it aint Hoare.
Hoare lake was one place I had planned to talk about at BWJ I, but you've given more info on it here, than I had anyway.
I knew it had trout & a mesage jar.

as for the lake to be.............more than one island !

Yes Sir,
All still accurate, except for the very first statement..."Lake near the middle of Quetico".
As it turns out, this time it's not very close to the middle.

One of those clues, refers to the date.




Get past that guy thumbing down a diesel.

Date: 11 JUNE 2010?

bojibob wrote on Sep 15^th, 2009 at 2:46am:

Date: 11 JUNE 2010?

Sorry, I'm just dropping clues....because I was asked to, long ago.
I'm not playing 20 questions.

Just 67 days until the lake is pointed out !!
Wow....Time do fly....yes it do !

It must be time for another clue Stumpy!
Time does fly...hard to believe it has already been almost five years since the last BWR.  
I'll guess June 15 as the rendezvous date, that is 11 days before the full moon.

Intrepid camper, you are one sharp lass.

Ah... but you Stump, are quite slow. :P

k

Hey,
I've got a Christmas Party to attend on Dec. 7th.

So, I'll anounce the Lake & date on Dec. 6th .

Dang, Christmas just keeps getting earlier and earlier.  
[smiley=dankk2.gif] for the update.
qp  

A whole extra day to plot & prepare! Awesome! Stumpy, you're too nice...

You guys are too funny !

Just 25 days...and you can make your plan.

Ah...but Sir Stump, I must ask...does the wife know about the entertainment you have planned for the boys?


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:-X

I don't think your ex girlfriend will make it in there.

Now...THAT'S FUNNY!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ::) :P ;)

caption: Elusive water sprite manitou of legend disappears quickly into the depths to avoid curious canoer.  :D

Lake is revealed in 10 days.

I take it the college whipper-snapper is your portage plan for the BWR  ;)

intrepid_camper wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 3:00am:

I take it the college whipper-snapper is your portage plan for the BWR  ;)

Yes Maam.....but only to show em, how it's done.

10...9...8...7...6  :o  FIVE more days till our questions are answered...or perhaps begun  :-?

I may as well tell this story right now.
A few months ago, I got a private message from intrepid_camper.
Not only had she nailed the date of the coming Bushwhackers Jamboree, but she knew the lake too.
She promissed not to tell.
She figured it out from my vague (at least I thought so) clues.
Sharp lady....no doubt.

However...I've been tossing around the idea of changing the date that I originally posted hints about. It would only be a change of a day or two.

You'll all find out on Dec 6th, around 9 PM.

Stump,

She's not the only one to figure it out. Several of us have it pegged. We are awaiting your confirmation in a few days.

We will probably be in a different part of Q, as we prefer lakes with waldos & lakers, not pond chubs...but you'll have a great time.

8-) 8-) 8-)

I will NOT PM the location, as I don't want to steal Stump's thunder, so don't ask...

Thanks Old Salt !

So where is it?

...in the other thread... 8-)

QJ version of geo-caching  ::)  BTW is the BWR a unique event among QJ'rs or do other canoe chat boards get involved too?  :-?

I posted it on Canoecountry.com & BWCA.com also

Wow! Sounds like it could be a crowd  :D

I think my strategy will be to base camp near the most likely route and follow a couple groups of strong men in ... by then the trail should be pretty clear  ;D

intrepid_camper wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2009 at 6:48pm:

Wow! Sounds like it could be a crowd  :D

Don't count on it

I'm going to lock this thread to avoid redundant confision.

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