Robin wrote on Dec 8^th, 2012 at 12:39am:

Last time I was hungry, 20 hours driving was ok, this time, I'm going to smell the roses on the way out and back, what's the hurry. Then 2 weeks in the park ...

I feel your pain.  The one way driving distance to Red Lake for me is 1550 miles, but I've always broken it down to a 2 day drive.  Still its a lot of hours in the saddle!  But (like you), I can justify the drive by spending 2 weeks in the park (I'll be there in June for 2013).  For the first time, I'll be running a non-hard shell canoe on this trip ... a solo pakboat! Since it will travel in a duffel bag, I won't even have to hear it whistling in the wind on the drive up and back.  That will be different!

dd