Bare minimum water requirements

[mahasamatman3]

I took the 1.5 gal / day and multiplied it by 130% to allow for "extra" and will probably take more than that. I can thrive on ClifBars and bananas but like the cyclist say "[b]Hydrate. Or Die[/b]"

Another trick to help combine beverages to drink and cooling for your ice chest is to brew up double or triple [or stronger] strength herb tea and freeze it. I like the Apple & Eve brand bottles; nice & tall, squareish to fit almost any ice-chest, and thick enough to tolerate a fair amount of abuse. Don't forget to leave that space for freezing expansion!

The tip is to dilute the tea out [& into another container] as it melts and then replace the freed space with ice as needed to chill the contents of the chest. Use the empty bottles as grey water holders, weights, urine bottles for late night pottie trip avoidance, Playa water bottles for that LONG journey, etc.

This is most workable for those with eight hours or so to travel to the event but makes a great addition to your beverage menu AND lotsa tea increases your ability to offer that parched looking stranger something other than water...

Semi related question: Does anyone have any experience using dry ice on the playa and/or a source for it in Reno as we are RV'ing in from the West...

Thanks, M3!