I'm planning & prepping for 3 trips! 

Just nailed down routing & equipment list for trip #1 in late June.  I've been "packed" for months... just need to pull a couple items out & stick another couple in, based on conversation with my nephew/newbie/paddling partner down in SC this past weekend.  Basic theme to trip: "keep-it-simple-stupid."  We only have 7 days (really 6, as we exit early on Day 7).  The guy is a conservation program manager for our federal government.  While he wants to see the park, he REALLY wants to fish, so we will emphasize that more than travel.  We'll stick around big Pickerel Lake and maybe a few lakes within a portage or two.

Trip #2 is a luxury trip and not really in the park.  I'm still going to "count it" since we'll be hitting several lakes just north of the park (& maybe fish peripheral lakes of Quetico, too).  My brother & 2 guys I haven't seen in 40 years will be joining me at The Quetico College School.  We'll day-trip from there each day for a week in search of smallmouth bass.  This trip starts 5 days after I get back from the 1st trip.  We'll be living in relative luxury, renting a house on Eva Lake at QCS.

While I'm excited about all 3 trips, Trip #3 may be the one I have the greatest hopes for.  I have no idea where I'm headed but I hope to be there (Quetico, WCCP, somewhere else in deep north woods) for @2 weeks, probably in September.  While ANY trip up north is nice, I REALLY enjoy it most when I can immerse myself in the experience.  Typically I begin to shed my mental baggage and civilized rhythms on about the fourth day.  After that, well... it's the experience I seek the most.  I really begin to hear the birds, feel the wind & move to the beat of a preferred drummer, both in sunshine & in storms.  I'll do this 3rd trip in September (as a solo, most likely) and have noted a few QJers who have also mentioned possibly doing trips at that time.  It's always nice to run across friends for a day or three up north.

Yes, planning & prepping - and daydreaming - are good things!

Jimbo   8-)