X2 about all the great ideas above. Oatmeal, pasta, rice, are lightweight foods to carry. There is one thing I found out on the Katy. Some of the water spigots at the trailheads don't work this early in the season. Also some of the bathrooms are locked.

It really only matters when you need to carry extra water for cleanup. If you've never gotten a bacteria from not washing your cookpots thorough enough, great for you! A couple of changes I made that helped: small [B]stainless steel[B] cookpot replaced my porous aluminum cookpot (found at a thrift store), and a website I ran accross that I really like: http://www.trailcooking.com/.

50, hope you have a great ride!! Report back!

Jerry H