[pct-l] Where do you put it?

[Brenda And Jim Johnson]

Curious ... at the end of the day ... after the camp chores have been 
taken care of ...
the journal's been updated ... what do thru-hikers and long section 
hikers do with the pack
and the food just before "hiker midnight" arrives?
Does everything stay outside the tent? Or inside with you? Hanging from 
a tree branch?

On our 4 or 5-day hikes in the Canadian Rockies, and (lately) in Glacier 
National Park Montana,
we take all food, scented items, and cooking gear out of our packs and 
place them in a waterproof food bag
and haul it up a cable to hang from a bear pole. Our packs are placed 
outside the tents,
wrapped under our pack covers. Usually there's 4 of us, in two Lunar Duo 
tents - so not a lot of room left for packs.
We've done this for several years with no night-time visitors (that we 
know of).

Just curious what is usually done with your pack, and your food, on a 
long hike.

~ jiffypop