My partner cancelled out of a mid June trip into Pickerel Lake. I am pretty well locked into a 9 day slot  during this period. The drive is about 1100 miles 1 way soI'm probably only going to have 5-6 days to be on the water. I have always base camped the west end of Pickerel and don't know how I will handle a casnoe solo. Have soloed in a tandem many times but not on a trip or in big water. I figured to just go easy along the shore on the N side then cut South to Pine Portage Bay area where I usually camp. Having read this thread I still don't know whether to rent a tandem or solo but am leaning toward a solo. At 59 and in decent shape (but far from the condition of you in Jimbo's thread) I have been going to Quetico every year fgor the last 15 years and  just can't seem to get around the thought of no trip this year. Solo in a group and solo with no group are two entirely different trips. Having said all this how have you folks handled similar situations?