Sitting behind a desk all day, leaving the office and having my phone with me so I am available by email or voicemail 24/7, and living a days flight then drive to get to the true wilderness impacts my point of view.

I visit QJ on a daily basis. I use others trip reports, questions, discussions as an escape if only for a few minutes. I "decompress" when I pour over maps ( I can see the campsites, hear the loons, enjoy the fight of the fish) and escape simply by reading the posts. Reading several of the books recommended on the site serves to do the same thing. While these are very temporary and fleeting "get-aways", they serve to keep me balanced and in a proper mind set to deal with daily realities.

As for a trip into the park, it wouldn't matter to me if I put in, rounded the first point of land and set camp for as many days as I had or paddled for the entire trip stopping only to eat, portage, and sleep. The wilderness is truly a place to be experienced, whatever that means to you. We are all truly fortunate to be able to experience everything the wilderness has to offer. Enjoy it in any/every way you can.

J