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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Listening Point - General Discussion Numbers on the toilets |
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08/29/2016 10:26PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
Was told by a park ranger once when getting permit that the number on the toilet is in case someone needs help. If you can get word to them what lake and toilet number you are at they know what site you are on and can get to you quickly. This summer I saw 2 new toilets that are square with a lid, love them, and neither one has a number on it. Have they stopped numbering them or did they forget to number them? One was on Sawbill, Tofte station, the other on Agnes, Cook station.
"Canoeing through a postcard" -Brother in Law Mark
08/30/2016 10:49AM
It probably wouldn't make sense to pre-number the latines. There would be too great a chance for installation at incorrect sites. They are most likely numbered after installation, and they just haven't gotten around to it yet. But as Grandma L points out, an inquiry to the USFS might serve as a gentle reminder that the job still needs to be completed.
"Said one of these men, long past seventy years of age: 'I could carry, paddle, walk and sing with any man I ever saw. I have been twenty-four years a canoe man, and forty-one years in service; no portage was ever too long for me. Fifty songs could I sing. I have saved the lives of ten voyageurs. Have had twelve wives and six running dogs. I spent all my money in pleasure. Were I young again, I should spend my life the same way over. There is no life so happy as a voyageur's life!'"
08/30/2016 02:40PM
Sure glad I didn't need to dial for help from our camp's latrine last month. We were on Horse Lake, site #1116. This is Horse Lake's internal site #3 on every database out there, including the maps on this website. However, the latrine was marked with a '5.'
Granted, this was the first time that I have ever noticed such a discrepancy. I was only forced to double-check because this mix-up had prompted the guys to accuse me of mis-numbering the campsites on their maps. (A map in each canoe with numbered campsites helps immensely with communication.)
Granted, this was the first time that I have ever noticed such a discrepancy. I was only forced to double-check because this mix-up had prompted the guys to accuse me of mis-numbering the campsites on their maps. (A map in each canoe with numbered campsites helps immensely with communication.)
"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra
08/30/2016 05:13PM
I recall finding numbers on the latrines in Ima Lake and Thomas lake areas. It seemed that they corresponded to the campsite numbers as well. I always look now on the latrines but have not found numbers on others in the Seagull area for instance. I know I have seen some of the new thunder boxes, but none have been numbered. I am wondering if they have dropped the practice?
08/30/2016 11:32PM
quote rtbaum: "quote ozarkpaddler: "quote 2old4U: "Please tell me there's no #2.."
Can you "Go" #2 in the one labeled #1?"
No, you must proceed to #1, passing the canoe going to #2.......#3....Well, just don't go there...
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Love it, (LOL)!
"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain
08/31/2016 11:17AM
somewhere somebody was trying to get photos of themselves with all of the toilet #'s. that would be a challenge.
Never criticize someone until you walk a mile in their shoes....by then you'll be a mile away and they will be shoeless!
08/31/2016 07:42PM
quote billconner: "So, are they really changing to the square thunderbox with lid? Stayed at that nice site south center if Lake One and saw one there. I like the rain and sun on the basic stool."
Hope not, the last one I was at was like that (square with lid) and it was way too tall for me. No fun to be dangling your feet in the air while on the "throne". I paid the teens $5 to build a step with a rock and some sticks, lol.
I also prefer the basic stool. Something doesn't fit right about that large cube.
Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau
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