Originally Posted by
MadMabel
If you don't wear skivvies under your shorts how do you keep the shorts clean enough to wear again? Wash then every night? If so will they be dry by morning? In southern Utah they will dry in time but in the cool and damp northern Cascades or hot and humid deep south maybe not. Carry a lot of pairs? $$$ and extra weight.
Yes, wash them every night. I usually take my shorts into the shower with me (if I have a shower available). You don't need to necessarily do the world's best job of washing, but make sure you thoroughly rinse them out (in as clean a water as you can find--it doesn't do a lot of good to rinse them in polluted water). Wring them out well. Roll them in your microfiber towel a few times and wring out the towel between rollings. That will get them quite a bit dry immediately.
In dry climates, they should be dry by morning. In damp climates, maybe not. That's why you should always have a second pair. Two pair should be enough most of the time.