Don P, when you plan your trip into the BWCA, be sure to make list of essentials and menus. You'll be backpacking into the wilderness and if you forget something...then you do without. If you take something you don't use, then you have to carry it for no reason. One thing I like to do is premix what I can and put into ziplock bags with a slip of paper with cooking instructions. For example: Put 'X' number of servings of oatmeal with salt and raisens in a bag with instructions to the amount of water. Then for breakfast, just dump it in the boiling water. Makes a simple breakfast and you can pack more ziplocks than boxes.
A couple of years ago we had some bad storms with high winds up around the Ely, Minnesota area and it just flattened thousands of trees. I wish they could have salvaged all that timber somehow, but they are now concerned about it catching fire. Anyway, because of that, You might consider going into the BWCA from the Northshore area (ie Sawbill).
