Hey QP -

You're not even in MY league until you get your wife to let you MOVE UP HERE (well...at least to the Cities)!  I've gotten MY "extra trip" in EACH of the three years since we moved here from North Carolina.

On the other hand, the wife is balking considerably at my suggestions re: moving even further north.  So, I MAY have hit my northern limit.  Also, she has gotten smart.  She now "taxes" my wilderness ventures with demands of her own.  She insists on "balancing" my Great White North ventures with time spent on "family trips" to more tropical regions.  Yuck!

I guess I shouldn't complain.  I'm the one who promised her a "cruise" a few years back.  Yep, that year the family flotilla "cruised" right throuh Pickerel, Jesse, & Quetico Lakes.

Jimbo