Photo of loaded boat
Check out the photo from the Kiamichi River in Oklahoma. My boat is the small one! 
I donāt know how much my gear weighs, but Iām outfitted for three days and two nights on this trip. Iām even carrying some of the friendās gear.
I donāt consider myself a light packer, but I did buy everything with size and weight in mind.
If itās only for two or three days, I will definitely carry my own water.
You will need to find out how to load the gear in your boat. Small adjustments can greatly affect the trim, and different conditions affect whether youāll want it a little bow heavy or bow light.
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Water!
If the water in NE Texas is anything like the water in SE Texas, I would not drink it!
Unless you have toā¦Survival situation!
If you want to give it a try,then try to collect some that is moving well, or, atleast couple hundred feet from the bank!
The water around here scares me!!! Hill country water i might try to filter or boil or treatā¦
If you have this much gearā¦
you have TOO much gear!
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The bookā¦
I wouldnāt ignore the beauty of my surroundings, but if I wanted to take a book, I would, and I wouldnāt give what it weighed a second thought.
Not too long ago I had a couple of extra pounds of weight that I carried in a cooler (also extra weight) for an overnight on a river.
I didnāt strain myself getting that extra couple of pounds downstream. It sure didnāt bother me & my wife when that couple of extra pounds turned into our supperā¦
Ribeye steaks
Baked potatos with butter & sour cream
Fried mushrooms
French bread
Fresh salad w/ dressing
Seyval wine chilled in a nalgene bottle
BOB
freeze dried water???
Iām intrigued. Please elaborate.
heyā¦have to?
āI always feel for those who have to paddle trips on salt water.ā
i represent that statementā¦except that the salt water part is SELF-INFLICTEDā¦there is some freshwater (supposedly) in rhode islandā¦somewhereā¦heard a rumour about itā¦
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easy guys
Donāt get me wrong, I long to paddle in the ocean, too many great places to list.