dlk,

Have you given any thought to a cabin for a few days somewhere in the north country?  It would probably be a little more expensive, but would cut down on fuel a great deal.  We have a travel trailer that cuts our fuel mileage in half.  Anyway, one year we took a family vacation (the whole family, mom, dad, sister and her family, brother and his family, 18 in all) and rented a cabin on Turtle Lake in N. Minnesota.  It was, in my opinion, the next best thing to the Q/BW.

I don't know that I would recommend Turtle Lake if it were just a man and his wife, but we had to consider the kids in the group who wanted some of the water toys (trampoline, tubing, etc).  I have seen a lot of secluded cabins online.  Anyway, just a thought.

Reyn