John,
Addressed to you again since you're the "resident reporter", how're the conditions, hatches etc. I'm tempted to return with wife ( tossup between Grayling and Viroqua WI) . Viroqua is much closer but I have a familiarity comfort factor for Grayling ( plus Spike's and You and Sylvia).
This would be the in-be-tween trip, to wit: MIFI- Wyoming which will happen Sept 25.
Since I still , like you, work in my field, all "plans" are " if all goes well". But having said all that, I'd try REAL HARD to make them happen.
PLUS, I never did get a taste of those "down home squeezins" you once mentioned :>).
Mark