For those of you who made it this year, what were the highlights? Favorite speakers? New products? Best gatherings? etc. WHAT DID I MISS?

I was there and had a great time.

I drooled over Jeani Bourquin's canoe she had there. Talked to many others I knew and met.

Thoroughly enjoyed Hap Wilson's talk and saw more stuff than I could ever buy. Came home with nothing except alot of brochures.

Had a great time and plan on going again next year for the 5th straight year.

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LOL, I wore mine and didn't draw any attention from anyone!  I will say, though, that I spent most of my time watching speakers.

I was a little disappointed with Cliff Jacobsens afternoon session Saturday, it was billed as 'Travelling the BWCA with Style' and it turned out to be 'Travelling the BWCA with Youth Groups'.  Still some interesting info, but for the most part, not what I thought I was going to see.  Probably would have enjoyed it more if I had kids or ran a youth group.

Kevin Callan's 'How to be a 'Happy Camper' ' was better than I expected.  He's an entertaining speaker, and I got some good info from him too.

Bill Rogers' Photo Tips were very good.

Don Easley's fishing session had some good info, but turned into a slide show of fish he's caught without a lot of insight about how he caught them.  Still, a good speaker and I took a few things from it.

Annie Aggens 'Beyond the BWCA' was informative and inspiring, perhaps the subject too broad for a 1 hour presentation.  She lost about 10 minutes at the beginning to a technology meltdown, which may have caused her to shorten up some stuff.

I thought the show was much more crowded than last year.  I did a little browsing between sessions, and was turned off by the crowds.  I hoped to talk to some canoe reps and look at more gear, but found it was frustrating and kinda bailed out.