Thanks, Jim.

I agree about the knife. And we usually backpack in the Sierra--where campfires fall somewhere between a completely unnecessary exercise and an illegal activity, so shaving kindling isn't an issue for us. The one thing I use my knife for is to cut salami and cheese for our trail lunches...

And yes, the Gatorade bottles were our water bottles of choice for many years. We now use the folding platypus bottles, only because our kids have given them to us over the years...and it is nice that they fold up enough that you don't hear water sloshing when you hike.