Yeah, agreed, Cavortingcheetah. Nothing like multi-engine single-pilot ops to **** things up and learn from it real fast!!! Great school.
As for the Caravan, I think these days everybody even the airlines have figured out a private pilot could fly it easier than a 172... And don't give me wrong, I love that plane (the 208), but I have found from experience that the time I gained on it was not as highly regarded as C402 time for instance.
But anyways, fly anything you can get your hands on, as long as you enjoy it...
-- TTF