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KawnipiKid	11/17/2024 12:36PM   chessie: "Sorry about the loss your friend, and I hope you can find info on that particular rock given its sentimental value. I hope this activity in general doesn't take off and become too popular as it is not in keeping with "leave no trace." Best wishes!" Well said. +1
MikeinMpls	11/18/2024 08:38AM   ockycamper: "I would have to agree with the former comment. I would not want to come to a camp site or portage with a collection of painted rocks present. Same goes for chairs or furniture made out of limbs. Leave no trace means that no one knows anyone had been there when they arrive." Completely agree. Though the rocks appear to be a nice sentiment, they don't belong. I would pack them out. Mike
timatkn	11/18/2024 06:03AM   I am sorry about your friend. Painted rocks can have lots of options. There used to be a website gorock.com but I believe it lost it’s domain name… there are facebook groups, generally though if it doesn’t have info on it on what to do it is really up to you. Leave it, keep it, move it, if they didn’t leave instructions of a website/group to go to it’s your decision. None of them are wrong. T
DMan5501	11/17/2024 10:33AM   ockycamper: "I would have to agree with the former comment. I would not want to come to a camp site or portage with a collection of painted rocks present. Same goes for chairs or furniture made out of limbs. Leave no trace means that no one knows anyone had been there when they arrive." +1..
Digger07	11/16/2024 01:12PM   I would pack the painted rocks out.
ockycamper	11/16/2024 12:21PM   I would have to agree with the former comment. I would not want to come to a camp site or portage with a collection of painted rocks present. Same goes for chairs or furniture made out of limbs. Leave no trace means that no one knows anyone had been there when they arrive.
BigPaul	11/13/2024 07:26AM   Wow! Someone took a lot of effort and time to produce that specimen. I’ve not heard of the website, but willing to give it a google. What a unique and visually interesting idea! Kind of like a modern day pictograph!
prettypaddle	11/14/2024 11:10AM   The ones we've found have all had something written on the back to direct people to the appropriate website. Several of the rocks were tied to Facebook groups. If you have a Facebook account search "painted rocks" and you might find a group with a match. Sorry about your friends passing. Even if you don't find a match for this particular rock, the search, and maybe painting a few rocks of your own, is a lovely way to remember her.
chessie	11/12/2024 09:23AM   Sorry about the loss your friend, and I hope you can find info on that particular rock given its sentimental value. I hope this activity in general doesn't take off and become too popular as it is not in keeping with "leave no trace." Best wishes!
cvminnesota	11/12/2024 07:49AM   On a September Quetico trip, my friend found this rock. Another friend knew the story about these modern human-painted rocks - you move it to a new location and when you return to civilization you post where you found it to the “modern human-painted rocks website”. The friend who knew about the website did this, but she didn’t share the website info with us, and she recently died. Another friend found a modern human-painted rock last week, but we don’t know the website. Does anyone here know the website so that we can continue the story of this particular rock? Thanks!
Mocha	11/12/2024 02:40PM   Is it in line with a geo-caching activity? perhaps call the quetico office and ask them. they may know about it or be part of creating an activity to get people in the woods.
alpinebrule	11/12/2024 04:46PM   chessie: I hope this activity in general doesn't take off and become too popular as it is not in keeping with "leave no trace." " Think this would go under the heading of a "little itty-bitty trace" better than twist ties and bread clips everywhere. Good Luck
Mocha	11/15/2024 09:30AM   painted rocks on FB....???