Being as such I am driving 1100 miles just to get to the BWCA... I am particular about who goes with me.  While I love to go and will do the majority of the work, including cooking and cleaning etc...  I do appreciate help!  Criteria include, willingness to work and pull their load, can stand the elements (ie, cold, heat, mosquitos, black flies), knowledgeable about canoeing and camping, loves to fish, won't get home sick, and can get off of work when I can.
  Many of my friends are married with children and have to take family vacations and due to work can't take off an additional 8-10 days for a BWCA trip.  That is why I am probably going to do a solo this summer the last week in June.  Being a school administrator, I am off work from June 16, until August 1 this summer... My wife and kids have gone with me in the past, but this summer are opting for a Florida vacation while I am in Educational meetings in Orlando...  So solo it is unless I can find and break in a new partner between now and then.  
    Like Jimbo I am making arrangements to drive up a couple of days early to try and meet a friend on this board and paddle a couple of days before my entry date.

Bruce