I just booked a permit for Kawishiwi Lake in early sept.  I got the last permit available for that day and all the days around it were booked up or close to it.

My plan is this.  Get the permit virtually so no need to pick up before the trip.  Sleep in the EP parking lot the night before.  Be on the water a half hour before the slightest hint of morning light.  Paddle my butt off and look to camp around 1:00 at the first open site. I say 1:00 because it might take me hours to find an open one.  Then day 2 push on to the interior (Adams Lake area).

If I lollygag at the start there will be delays at the landings.  I absolutely don't have that kind of patience on day one. I'm confident by launching in the dark and following a compass bearing across Kawishiwi I can avoid SOME of that crap.