TomT wrote on Jan 18^th, 2020 at 9:03am:

Old Salt wrote on Jan 17th, 2020 at 7:51pm: Some of the best and more current information is on this site. It’s called ‘trip reports’. ;) That's funny because the two books I recommended are basically trip reports.   ;D  I should gather all of my trip reports since 2007 and publish a book.  "Quetico Misadventures!" by TomT

That's basically what Tim Mead did with his book.  He's also a frequent BWJ contributor.  He pulled together those pieces, added a few new ones and there was his book.

Tim really knows his stuff.  He still posts to QJ every once in a while.  He's known around here as "Ancient Angler."  Quetico is only one of several outdoor topics he writes about.  Tim's a great guy and former University English professor.  He's traveled all over the place and has published re: numerous subjects in his retirement.  In that respect (& others), he is one of my heroes.  See his website at:   (You need to Login or Register .

Way back when, I used to live in NC and I flew up to Quetico every year for many years.  I didn't discover that Tim was practically a neighbor of mine (NC has long been his home state) until long after I relocated to MN to get closer to Quetico. That was too bad as I could've used another paddling party partner a time or two back then.

Tim was the target of one of my very best practical jokes, ever.  I'd like to say he had a good sense of humor about my prank but - to this day - he still has no idea he was even duped by what must have seemed like a "weird Jimbo mental telepathy" at the time.  The episode is now long-since forgotten by him, I'm sure.  Nevertheless, it remains a favorite campfire story of mine... a "gotcha trick" of the highest order.

Later,

Jimbo   8-)