The BBQ should arrive about 6:30 pm Saturday. 

On Friday we will order pizza periodically as needed, since it is more come & go. Get there when you get there and there will be pizza.

I got a room at the Howard Johnson Plaza Fri. and Sat.  I was thinking of stopping by Rutabaga on Friday before doors open.  Is that a good idea?  Lots to see there? Never been.

Thanks on the heads up PD.

Friday night pizzas 🍕 will be at the Country Inn & Suites in Menona, right behind Rutabaga store in the meeting room. As you enter, the checkin desk is on your left. Look to the right, in the breakfast area and you will see the QJ banner marking our room. Come on in. We will have name tags available. Along with the 🍕 we will have beer, pop, and water available. Give $10 to MuleLars to cover pizza and beverage costs. He's a nice guy, but he can't afford to feed this crowd. We will order pizzas periodically, whenever we want more, as folks can come and go. Bring your maps if you want to talk canoeing or fishing. Trips often get planned at these times.

You do NOT need to be a motel guest to participate. Just come in like you own the place.

Well, here's a pic that goes back to 2006.  From right to left: my son Ben (a young collegian at the time), me (looking at camera in my QJ shirt), Quetico Passage (minus his signature cigar), Yellowbird (trying not to laugh at whatever BS QP was spinning), db (listening to my son talk about the very first Bushwhacker's Jamboree), & (just barely) Kingfisher (I think, probably doing the same thing as db).  I'm pretty sure this photo was taken during luncheon at the Badger Bowl.

Seems to me that a few of us got together, similarly, for a few of the years before then.  I guess I'm just too lazy to do a "QJ Search."  In any case, I KNOW we have done this every year since.  I invite the recollections of other past attendees whose memories may be better than my own. 

The crowd varies in composition and size from year-to-year but it is generally a pretty good time.  LOTS of trips & rendezvous's planned.  TONS of experience shared & ideas for future trips hatched.

Jimbo