Old Salt wrote on Feb 14^th, 2009 at 3:55am:

Actually, Jimbo conned 'em into using one so he could learn where to fish.

OS,

Now you've done it... you've spoiled my slickest fishing secret of recent years!

Personally, I think those guys PURPOSEFULLY sat on some of my favorite fishing holes JUST to drive me nuts sitting here, hundreds of miles away!

Just a word from the "receiving end" here.  Watching those guys fall short of reaching water on their Day One bushwhack would have had me real worried IF it wasn't plain they were reasonably close to McKenzie Lake on the morning of Day Two.  I was definitely thinking about the amount of drinking water they were carrying with them & how rough the terrain was in that general area.  I had found myself in a very similar predicament years before over on Cache River, north of Cache Lake... with no SPOT Messenger, either.  If WE had screwed up, we'd have been in there for a couple weeks.  Trust me, if Magic had hit the "HELP" button, the cavalry would have appeared a lot sooner than that.

The tough choice would have been: a) do I call the Park & have them send in helicopters, etc., OR b) does Jimbo use this episode as an excuse with his boss & wife to "rush to the rescue" of his buddies... & enjoy some more vacation time in the park?

Wow, what an ethical dilemma!

Hmmm... Magic & KF, you guys might have gotten a little thirsty but I'd have found you sooner or later!

Jimbo   8-)