HighnDry wrote on Jul 1^st, 2015 at 11:49pm:

I'm putting in my vote for a "Jimboree" on Cairn or another easier-to-reach lake. That could almost be a "yearly" event, a.k.a. rendez-vous for anyone who also wants to cheer on the participants instead of participating directly....just a thought.

Well, for those interested in the origin of "Jimboree's" - including some perspective on the inaugural "Bushwhacker's Jamboree" - there is THIS account, which is now 10 years old:   (You need to Login or Register

The tale ALSO provides some insight into how pink flamingo yard art somehow became "commonplace" in the Quetico northwoods for a period of several years... to the extent that Piragis began to sell them as "campsite markers" in their Ely store & on-line (& paid absolutely no royalties to those of us responsible for initiating such an enlightened practice!).

Truth is almost always stranger than fiction.  Trust me, this is 35 years of Human Resources work (& @ 13 years of hanging around QJ) talking here.  I KNOW bizarre....

By the way, "Jimborees" were observed for a number of years (annually, not quinquennially) following 2005.  I still wear customized shirts that fellow QJ'ers created for these events in certain years.  Lord knows how much pink paraphenalia (buoys, balloons, goblets, fishing lures, etc.) exchanged hands.  I have a couple packs full of the stuff.  During a particularly party-some & mischievous year, the Jimboree highlight was a large vat of pink flamingo stew (think Pepto-Bismol colored lava, complete with slowly emerging air bubbles, straining to reach the surface of the pot).  It was actually quite delicious!

We kept these events up for several years.

Anyway, I'm all for re-instituting these get-togethers.  They were a good time.   "Nandaree" sounds just fine to me.   

Jimbo   8-)