Look out the MPs are on their way to make an arrest! 

QJ can be hard to get to.  I keep getting logged off on my work computer and resetting the password is hard so I can only access from home.

Which other site did you try?  There's two - CCBB and BWCA.com.  Both have their merits and demerits, and the CCBB is certainly not what it once was.  I still need all three sites to feed my addiction.

Welcome back! Glad you found us! Thanks for all you do in the military! You guys don't get enough thanks and praise for your sacrifice for our country! My son is in the Marine Corps, currently in Japan. We appreciate the sacrifices that are made.

Oh no. Another thread hijack. Old Salt is going to get carpal tunnel syndrome trying to keep us all on topic.

Re Q people overwhelming BW inhabitants on QJ:

Having just got here, I'd hate for QJ to die from too much love from us northerners.

QJ is certainly the "Go-To" place for Q news and it's the first place Q park office staff recommend for on-line info. (It's a bit embarrassing that we Canucks have to depend on an American online site for this.) I'm not familiar with bwca.com, but I have to question whether a site ignoring the northern half of this wilderness might be lacking a bit of perspective?

I think most of us view crossing the border (in either direction) as little more than a nuisance. I tend to view BW/Q as a shared resource, with a few irritants added by the pointyheads in Ottawa, Toronto and Washington.

Slightly different park rules means there's more chance that a potential visitor will find what he wants somewhere.  Is the compass direction from which we enter that important?

So Spartan 2, please don't think of QJ as just a social thing, and deprive the rest of us who don't know you personally of your years of experience. Hopefully those of us who mainly visit the northern half will be able to give back enough for it to be worthwhile for one who mainly visits the southern half.

Thanks everyone for your great concern for my wellbeing. My palms are NOT sweating, my blood preasure is normal, and carpel tunnel is not an issue.

Westwood wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 4:06am:


That's a great idea if the Spartans don't mind the extra drive and expense?

The portage from Beaverhouse  parking lot is flat/wide enough, you could even put a person on each side of a pack and carry across.

The portage from Beaverhouse to Quetico Lk is a short steep section, then wide and flat for maybe 50 yds top.

Once in Quetico you'd never have to portage again. Lot's of bays, islands, campsites. A pretty area. With some kick butt lenses, it's a photographers dream.

QJ.com?  

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bmaines, HoHo (anyone else with access problems):
If the "Sorry" link isn't a clickable link for you, use the "ask why" link or just send me an email. I can probably get you guys in on a regular basis. Not a problem. Really. I could bore you to tears on the how and whys but I'll spare you the details beyond that clicking the "Sorry" link is easiest all around. I do ranges and the board bans me on occasion too.

Beyond that, Joe wrote: "Is the compass direction from which we enter that important?"
I love that question. Sorta depends on your perspective and what you hope to accomplish.

Q, BW, WCPP, someplace else? All the same sort of initial challenges if you've never been. If you want differences, you can find those too. To me, fresh fish have subtile differences, every loon has the same accent ... and every portage trip is different - even from the same trip I took 10 minutes ago. "What idiot would step there? DOH! Never-mind. Looks like that was me."

If it ain't broke..... If it can be improved upon, there's always parts to repurpose and lessons to relearn. QJ was never intended to be about where you've been or what you've done. Its about where you want to be, how best to get there and where some good luck might be found. It's not an envy thing.

While all new (to you) ideas tend to intimidate, just as Q did to me after my third or fourth trip and does so to this day more often than I'd like to admit ... thats what I always wanted this (QJ) to be - a place that took some persistence as well. These sites are no different. When it fits....

Ya, this looks like a Q site at first glance and that's probably my own fault but it's what I know. The general stuff, while important, seems easily transferrable. Personally, I do this site for the details that are meaningful to me (perhaps me alone). I couldn't care less if I glean those details from someone who goes wherever, however. I can adapt well enough and so it seems can some of you.

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I get QJ on my Blackberry...sweeeet.

I'm not a conspiracy theory sort of guy, but something fishy is going on here.  I had some issues accessing this site last year, as my initial post describes.  Fast forward to today.  I am back in good ol' Afghanistan, but supporting the Marines this time around.  By supporting, I mean I'm one of 4 Army soldiers on a FOB full of Marines.  These guys block every site a person could possibly want to access.  That probably worked to my advantage this morning, when I was unable to follow the Badger game live.  That one still stings. 

I think, perhaps db is mixed up with some of those 3 letter agencies, as quietjourney is one of the only "entertainment" sites I am able to get into. 

From a guy that won't see his canoe for another 11 months- THANK YOU for getting around the Marine Corps website blocker guys, db.

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