Thanks Guys!  I just found the bwca board yesterday, so spent a good 4 hours or so reading many of the trip reports.  I will definitely look at those books.  I have known all about the lottery, but sometimes it is hard to get my other members of the group on top of things *grumble, grumble*  I think at this point, I am ready to just make the arrangements and whoever wants to go, can!  I love June in MN; we used to visit our cabin in August every year, but it could be hot, the lake was a lot weedier, and fishing was tougher (at least for me out in the rowboat!)  I lived in Minneapolis a few years and started to come up all thru the summer and decided late May/early June was my favorite time.  Thanks again for the info!