Originally Posted by staehpj1

On our last trip we really liked having the small 1 ounce packets so we could filter water from a cold mountain stream and have a bottle of cold Gatorade in the middle of nowhere with the very minimum of fuss. Just grab a packet from a jersey pocket and dump it into a water bottle. The problem was that the packets were impossible to find in stores along the way and were more expensive than the bulk stuff in a tub,

You can find the 1 ounce packets in a box of 8 for about $5 on line, I forget what I paid at the local grocery. They are very handy. Too bad they are hard to find on the road.