Jimbo and Magicpaddler, Thanks for the info on Draper. I was not aware of the message cache, so that will be a bonus.

Magicpaddler, I hope we hear some music while we are there.
Draper is close enough to Lonely that I bet it is the same wolf pack that we have heard and seen ( up close and personal ) when we have camped on Lonely. That was one of our motivations for going there this time.

Jimbo, I have always known that I lucked out and married the right woman. When we were planning our honeymoon and I said I would like to take her to Brent Lake in Quetico Park for 2 weeks and she didn't even blink, I knew I had a winner. Just to reinforce that, she has never questioned our 2 week trips even when we brought our infants and young children. 10 years ago, we did a 30 day trip for our 30th anniversary and it was HER idea...... So, ya, I am one very lucky guy to have a wife like that. I will do what ever it takes to make sure she is warm, dry, comfortable and well fed, so she never wonders if we should keep doing this.

I will keep my eyes open for any of you folks when we are out there. We paddle a MN II and have red and blue life jackets. Blue in front and Red in back. We always enjoy a chat in the woods with fellow paddlers.
GeneM.