Thank you for the responses!  I am a vegetarian, therefore "veggykurt".  I personally don't identify as a carrot, broccoli, etc.  My plan is to go from Darkwater to Minn, therefore the flow is going in the right direction.  Good to know you can go either way, though.  By all means call me vk, and, yes, I will read trip reports and posts.  I hope to give a decent trip report, too.  I have never done one before and it should really be fun doing it.  TX all