Packing Tips

FOOD
Make a menu and stick to it.

Have 1 person in charge of buying the food. Otherwise, items get duplicated or even tripled.
Fishing is very good, so you don't need to pack extra food for "just in the case the fish aren't biting." You will catch fish for dinner.
When shopping, do you really need a monster bottle of mustard or ketchup or mayo or cans of vegetables?
Don't bring and pack bottles or cans that are far too large for what you will use during your trip.

Freeze any foods and beverages that can be frozen. This can be used as ice in your coolers, such as freezing bottles of water or jugs of water. Use frozen concentrated juice containers as ice while it is thawing for breakfast drinks. If you are bringing frozen french fries or bags of frozen vegetables, use those as ice in your coolers for travel. This can save you a large amount of unnecessary weight.

Plastic or glass? If you have a choice between purchasing plastic or glass bottles, go with plastic.
Plastic is much lighter and can be burned and does not have to be hauled back out with the garbage. We don't appreciate glass breakage at the camp site or on the airplanes.

BEVERAGES
Water: If you are wondering about the lake water-----it is perfectly safe to drink. There is NO need to haul all of the cases of water into the lake. We are required to post signs to boil the water at the lakes. And if that makes you feel better about drinking the lake water, do that. We drink only lake water and after you try it, I think you will agree it is some of the best tasting water you will ever drink. It makes great coffee, too. Of if you want, bring water purification tablets for the water. They are surely not going to put you over your weight limit.

Remember, there is LOTS of water in the lake. If there is one thing the pilots will leave behind if there is not room in the plane, it will be the unnecessary cases of water.

BOTTLES OF WATER OR SODA
Why not pack packet's of kool-aid or lemonade or tea and mix with water? Those take very little space and add up very little weight to your limit.

BEER OR SODA
If you are big beer drinkers or soda drinkers(cans only, we will NOT fly cases of bottles) call those orders in ahead of time (at least 3 to 4 weeks ahead of time) and we will get them flown in to the cabin before your arrival. We will not charge you for that flight. We will work it in on another flight that has spare room.