I don't bring cast iron any more. Nor do I take the PU tarp, the pool air mattress, or the dozen eggs. Of course, we also can't leave our food laying around the way we did my first trip out; don't think we did a thing to protect it back then, just bagged it to keep it from drying out. Left it sitting on the granite while we day hiked.

And hey, it's a lot warmer with real sleeping gear! The blanket idea just wasn't the best.

They have a lot more options for bug protection now, too, and gee am I glad. (actually I'm pretty sure it was just that I wasn't paying attention to options, just grabbing the first bottle off the shelf.)