[pct-l] Dehydrated food on arid stretches of trail?

[Brick Robbins]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes
<diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
> At the water source, you could opt to rehydrate
> just that day's worth of food. Get it started soaking and then heat
> it up later, if that seems like a good idea at the time. That way
> only one day's worth has moisture.

I carried a plastic container with a lid. At the water source I would
fill the container with my meal and the water to reconstitute it, then
put it in the top of my pack where the sun would heat it.

I'd get a no-cook, hot meal in a few hours.