I have been unable to access the wonderful world of QJ for the past 2 months.  I was concerned that something tragic happened, as I would just get a little SORRY in the upper left, when I typed in QJ.com.  So today, while I was supposed to be doing official Army stuff, on the official Army computer, I accidentally typed in quietjourney.com.  Thank god.  I have been going through serious BW withdrawals since getting over here, and couldn't take much more of the other BWCA site.  Far too much nonsense over there, for my liking.  I seem to get that same giddy feeling using this official computer unofficially, as I did on Knife Lake many years ago, bringing back a few gallons of "bootleg" blueberries across the border.

Glad you found us here, bmaines.  And hope you will safely be home in the future so you can be back to the canoe country.

I am active on that other site (bwca.com) where you are not as happy, but there isn't much for me here on QJ anymore.  It seems to be just for the Quetico folks now.  I still check it every day, though, and my heart is here more than anywhere because I made such good friends here.  Can hardly wait for next year's Canoecopia!

I lurk on the CCBB but have never posted there.  Three boards are more than I can handle.  And when I was working I wasn't able to get ANY of them on my computer there--they were all blocked.  I guess public schools are fussier than the military.   

I didn't really think too much about QJ being hijacked by Quetico trippers until Spartan 1 pointed it out.  But that is fine with me as I haven't gone to the BWCA for over 20 years.  Plus I only enter Quetico from the north.  Some day I should go to the BWCA and see if my memory is correct or see if the BWCA has changed a lot from 20 years ago.

I thought QJ was being hijacked by WCPP.

Westwood

Well, Joe, at the risk of continuing the hijack (sorry, that wasn't my intent in the first place, I was just making conversation.  Most of the guys on here are familiar with me and know that is my style),  I think there are a couple of things that you said that need clarification.

First of all, I am not depriving anyone on here of my "experience".  If I am on QJ and find I have something to say, I say it. (Incidentally, the past four POD's are my photos.)  I just find, these days, that most of the conversation on here revolves around places I have not visited (either in the Q or now even WCPP) and I don't have much to offer here.  That is OK, it is what it is.  I still like it here.  And I know that there are still a few BWCA folks who frequent this board, we are just in the minority.

And since you say you are unfamiliar with bwca.com, I should perhaps point out that they do not "ignore" the northern half--there are great number of Q enthusiasts over there as well, and they have an entire section devoted to Quetico concerns and questions, including a special group area for Q visitors, of which I also am not a member.  And they have a few members there who continually engage in what I lovingly call "the Quetico put-down", implying that visitors to the Q are inherently superior to those of us who prefer to stay south of the border.  We just get used to it, it goes with the territory.

I have visited your wonderful park in my younger days, Joe.  I love it there.  I know why people want to go there and I don't begrudge them one bit.     And I'll be around here for a long time to come, too.

And now, everyone, get back on topic.  I wouldn't want to cause Old Salt any problems.  

Spartan 2

From reading your last trip report, the biggest problem you have is portages.  If you put in at Beaverhouse and went into Quetico, you wouldn't have to do hardly any portaging and you could canoe new territory for days.

You are never too old to try something new.

Westwood