BUSHWHACKERS JAMBOREE 2015....

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******intrepid_camper nailed it again...it is the Southern of the two lakes just north & between Allan & Bernice.
Meeting on the Night of June 16, 2015. *****

I'll get a map picture up soon, unless one of you helps me out with it first.
Thank You

more detail...
WHO....Whoever can get a permit and get to the lake on the dates to be revealed later. No daytrippers (campers only)...we will gather in the evening.

WHAT...It will be an informal meeting of tough and hardy travelers, where stories and information will be told. Knowledge, that has been earned, and should continued to be earned.

WHERE...It will be on a lake near the middle of Quetico, with no name, no portage trail to it (none), good depth, good water, plenty of bugs and campable shorline, and maybe...just maybe good fishing.

WHEN....It will be in mid-June 2015...when bugs are bad, and so are the voyageurs.

WHY...Because the best information should be earned. Because exploring those no-name lakes makes for great adventure. Because I want to meet other bushwhackers and hear where they've been, and tell them where I've been, and exchange great stories. Because this time I REALLY want to shake the hand of anyone who gets there!!!

How...Just get there

I will have to look at my maps when I got back to the house. It sounds like it will be a great time.

...well, that will be an interesting one to get into!...

Now the real route planning can begin...get out the maps. 

Is anyone else thinking of putting the BWJ on their calendar? 
We could have another Flamingo Rendezvous near one of the likely sites for the portage attempt into the SSL (Stumpy's Secret Lake).
Does anyone think it will be possible to access SSL via the creek that runs southeast from Sturgeon (eventually) to the SSL?

Haven't done one before and it sounds like a lot of fun...and work!  However, I've committed to returning to Kawnipi in late July.  Good luck to the 'shwhackers!

pd

I happened to look at a Google Earth map dated 2009 which showed the creek from Sturgeon mostly clear and with good water   
Definitely shorter from A & B lakes...best to get there early in the spring to scout a trail before leaves come out   
Don't know if I will make it at all...I have this "thing" about portages over 100 rods 

Jimbo wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2015 at 8:58pm:


Sounds like another Jimbo shortcut...

Just read entries in the portage data base...sounds like getting to Lakes A & B will be good practice for the real bushwacking.  I believe Stumpy is toying with us 

Jimbo is the most qualified source for the exact definition. It refers to a shortcut taken a few moons ago on the Cache River.

QJ terminology almost needs a thread of its own to provide proper translation.

Railroad ties, not just for breakfast anymore. 

Old Salt wrote on Jan 26^th, 2015 at 5:54pm:

I thought those were pack extenders.

Jon wrote on Dec 9^th, 2014 at 3:56am:


I'm planning to attend the Jamoree. My only issue is that I'm building a house and it might be move-in week during the Jamboree.  I never back out of trips and going to the Q at least a few times a year is critical. But move-in weekend trumps everything I guess.

I sort of chuckled when I read you might pop into Hoare on your way to or from the BWJ. I know the route and if you look at it closely, you will have a half mile bushwhack into Hoare and another 1/2 mile bushwhack ito the BWJ lake. Doing two of them on one trip is a formidable task. But alas, I agree with you that's it's so close to Hoare, how cold I not want to go back there once again!

I have learned that I am an exceptional bushwhacker planner. But I'm not as good at doing what I planned once I step into the tangle of forest.
Tom

I was in Quetico with my 13 year old daughter. If we could have made Poohbah by the 3rd day, I'd have gone for it.
With a new job & little vacation time, including family was a must & trumped any individual Jamboree plans. My daughter was willing, but early on I could see she wasn't up to it. We went up to McIntyre. Had a good trip. I wonder if anyone showed up?.....It's a lake I'd like to visit.

While it's not my thing, perhaps a new rule is needed for this event. We'll call it the Stumpy Clause. "The one who plans the event should attend the event." Seems like a giant practical joke if only one person/group makes it.

If Magic is there in 5 years, I'm going to start eating what HE's eating and taking whatever pills he takes that keep him so young & energetic!

Jimbo   

MP does deserve to be the one to choose the next BWJ destination.  I am sure after all the roaming he has done, he has some lakes in mind.
Great work MP!!! 

MP, congratulations on achieving your goal! I hope to see you on Irvine Lake in WCPP with NCTRY in August. I cleaned all the portages into Irvine in 2013 but if you need a little more bushwhacking I think Jimbo can assist you in following his choice of Irvine entry. There has been a big forest fire and massive "snowdown" on his "path" but it sounds like you are qualified to try it.

Marten wrote on Jun 27^th, 2015 at 2:48pm:

You guys go for it.  I'm using the lazy man's way to get to Irvine ... a fly-in.  Sorry Martin, doesn't look like we'll cross paths this year.

dd

Marten & Jimbo
It has been 3 days since I came out and am still too tired to think about any bushwhack.  I think the upcoming trip will be laid back compared to the last one. I just had Paddle planner give me a summary of my rout. Total distance 126 miles With double portaging ( I had to triple some) that was over 30 miles of walking portage trails and then there was the bushwhack.
MagicPaddler

Stumpy wrote on Jun 29^th, 2015 at 12:26pm:


Can someone refresh my memory on the history of this event... This was the third one, right? Who has made it to one of these?

2005 - ??
2010 - ??
2015 - MagicPaddler (1)

PghPortager & his clan was the ONLY party to make it to the designated Jamboree lake just east of Cairn in 2005.  They were smart enough to avoid the approach from the west (ie. where the cliffs are).  A rather larger group of QJer's party-ers convened west of the bushwhack lake on Cairn Lake at an alternative event dubbed "Jimboree" (for us chickens & flamingo fans).  All bushwhack parties originating from this spot failed to make it to the Jamboree spot... but had a good time, anyway.  Isn't that why they call it a canoe "party"?

As I have had it told to me, in 2010, a super-highway was actually engineered/hacked to the designated lake by the first party in.  Thus, the term "bushwhack" as applied to other parties who may have "strolled" in becomes somewhat problematic.  Does 2010 even count?  I don't even recall where it was and I guess I'm too lazy to do a "Search."  Then, again, I wasn't even there (or at any of them, for that matter), so all my words amount to hearsay.  Could be they ALL bushwhacked in & then hacked their way out together.  Could have been a rare appearance in the North Woods by locusts or by marabunta ants (watch Charlton Heston's version of "The Naked Jungle").  Anyway, we need an eyewitness to inform us about 2010.  Could be the guys in bow ties were from Orkin Pest Control.  I think that is what Stumpy does on the side.... 

As for 2015's Jamboree just north of Berneice, we are still waiting on Magic's authoritative and detailed account.  By the initial report, Magic was the ONLY camper, but he did have a couple daytrippers.

I'm quite certain no one has attended all three events.

Jimbo   

At some point I will wright a trip report which will include the jamboree of one. I did spend 2 nights on the bushwhack lake. There are fish in it. For now I am preparing for a WCPP trip.

Thanks for sharing your story Darrel. It's a great read. Too bad is wasn't published. It is worthy. Congrats to all who have attended any of the three events.

I'm putting in my vote for a "Jimboree" on Cairn or another easier-to-reach lake. That could almost be a "yearly" event, a.k.a. rendez-vous for anyone who also wants to cheer on the participants instead of participating directly....just a thought.

Thanks for the read Darrel. Enjoyed this as much as your articles that have been published in BWJ.

You might want to hang on to ALL that Pink Flamingo "art" work. The guy who invented the Lawn Ornament just died and you know how that can drive up the price for "folk art".

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Just piggybacking on ST's post. The inventor's name is Donald Featherston. Heard that news bulletin on NPR and thought of Jimbo and all of the QJ-devotees to the plastic lawn ornament that has become so ubiquitous here in the US...much more practical to carry in than those green crystal balls or yard gnomes...Looking forward to any potential rendenz-vous out there, whatever it gets called in the end

The trip out of Crane sounds like fun. 10-days to do that loop or more?

After the bushwhack I went through Suzanette on my way south.  I was in the far side of the lake from the pink stew camp site but I did a long gaze and a moment of thought of days spent there. Good memories!

I just passed through Suzanette  and camped that night on Burt. Darrel had told me where I could get a walleye in that area and he was correct.

Jimbo wrote on Jul 6^th, 2015 at 5:56pm:

Also occurring on that day trip: Yellowbird made an "offering" of half a fishing rod below that pictograph. And when he dove in after it he drenched my camera making me think what an idiot, I'll never be tripping with him again. Well, he and I just returned from our third and best yet trip together thanks to Jimbo et al putting us all together on that Jimboree. And special thanks to QJ for helping it all happen.

I was always a bit nervous about the Jamboree/Jimboree.  The thought of getting raped by flamingo's and eating pink stew in the wilderness scared me.  Actually, it was revealing the person that hid inside of me that held me back.  I have only met 2 people that can tolerate the PhantomJug for more than a week and that is my wife and Pascanel.  Everyone else want's to kill me (I imagine this is because I outfish/outcook/outcamp them).  And, I am a poor conversationalist.  However, when I do talk, you better listen because it's really, really important.