Week-long trip planning help needed!

I posted a few weeks ago about resources for planning my and wife's first paddling trip to ADK this summer. Hugely helpful responses so I'm coming here for another plea.

I've picked up several of the recommended guidebooks to try to soak up as much info as possible: Dave Cilley's Adirondack Paddler's Guide and map, Adirondack Paddling - 65 Great Flatwater Adventures by Phil Brown, and Adirondack Canoe Waters, both North Flow and South & West Flow.

At this point I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. The North Flow book is intricately detailed but almost too much and probably a better resource once I have my route determined. Adirondack Paddling describes mostly single-day trips, which again will be helpful if I have a better idea of how to piece a route together.

So maybe I can get some suggestions from this group. We are looking for a remote route that gets us away from crowds and civilization. (I like that the Paddler's Guide provides a Wilderness rating.) Here are some details:

• Five or six-day trip in late July. Probably shoving off on either Sunday or Monday in an effort to avoid weekend crowds.

• We will be kayaking and have sea-worthy boats (which we have mostly paddled in the Great Lakes). Therefore prefer bigger bodies of water over small ponds. But not afraid to explore small areas. Small rapids are OK, class II? On previous trips we have planned to cover 12-15 paddling miles per day but have done up to 22 (which stops becoming fun at that distance). Obviously portaging shortens that.

• Keep the portaging/carrying to a minimum (two or three per day at most?) and wheelable if possible. (We done our fair share of carrying by hand/back/shoulders and it's kind of a drag, but often the price of greatness.)

• Start/end at the same spot if possible. Could do a shuttle or bike but would need to figure that out.

• The more remote/wild, the better.

I was looking at the Oswegatchie Traverse route, which the Adirondack Paddling book mentions can be done in a loop (although strangely the book leaves out the details on how to do this.) Also the Whitney loop looks good, but the 17-18 portages do not.

Suggestions/advice welcomed and appreciated.