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OK, Jimbo - I can see it now, the geriatric brigade takes the lake a day early and is there to welcome the youngsters when they arrive.  It is going to be interesting to see what the mix is that actually makes it.  I'd put my money on the 'wisdom of the ages' rather than 'the exhuberance of youth' on this one.

Stumpy - thanks for the 'travel time' estimates.  If you are looking at a Tuesday/Wednesday in the middle of June of 2005 we would be talking about the 14th and 15th. That would make the most desired permit dates Saturday and Sunday, the 11th and 12th.  Some of us with velocity impediments might want to try for Friday the 10th, with the marathon canoe racing teams going out on Monday the 13th.

Laying the groundwork -  got it on the calader, mentioned it to the wife to get her accustomed to the idea . . .

Odds are improving
-- Goat

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Hey Old Goat, just wondering...What does ones wife say, when a subject like attending the Bushwhackers Jamboree, is brought up ?

Old Goat -

You are a very wise Old Goat, indeed!

Started same process here last year.

Heck, I even used it to justify my "need" for a lighter weight canoe as a gift from Santa.  Heck, nobody here wanted to be blamed for old Jimbo collapsing under the weight of a heavy canoe as he hacked he way through the bush, up the cliff, & onward to Stumpy's paradise!

I bet if I had whined a little bit more I could have held out for a Le Tigre (3 pounds lighter but several hundred dollars more)!

Jimbo

Hey QP -

You're not even in MY league until you get your wife to let you MOVE UP HERE (well...at least to the Cities)!  I've gotten MY "extra trip" in EACH of the three years since we moved here from North Carolina.

On the other hand, the wife is balking considerably at my suggestions re: moving even further north.  So, I MAY have hit my northern limit.  Also, she has gotten smart.  She now "taxes" my wilderness ventures with demands of her own.  She insists on "balancing" my Great White North ventures with time spent on "family trips" to more tropical regions.  Yuck!

I guess I shouldn't complain.  I'm the one who promised her a "cruise" a few years back.  Yep, that year the family flotilla "cruised" right throuh Pickerel, Jesse, & Quetico Lakes.

Jimbo

Thanks Beemer, but as I recall, you were right there with us at the end.
More portages in that race, would suit me just fine. When everyone pulls out just before the dam and clogs up the take-out and put-in, I pass many canoes. I take out about 50-100 yards early and run through the woods (bushwhacking ), and around the masses. Then I put in a safe distance ahead. Hey, they never say how short your portage should be .
Yes, I did crack my paddle on about my 3rd stroke. I had to keep the Babe Ruth side towards me for the next 19 miles or I would have been left with a stick.
I think we (my nephew and I) finished somewhere around 17th or so, out of about 100 in our class. The year before I placed 3rd, with my cousin. If you saw him you'd know why.
See you in about 5 months.