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I spent December 9th thru 13th on the Ozark Highland Trail backpacking. Took a mixture of mres that I saved to test on the trail. Was suprised to find the the veggie burger, pork rib and omlete were great. I allowed my self two (2) mres a day for Breakfast, lunch and dinner. This was plenty to keep me going. Temps were is the low 20's at night to upper 30's/40' during the day. Also tested some of the ECWS. The ECWS parka and pants worked well also the ECWS sleeping bag system. Very heavy but worth the weight. BTW 4 days of mres is tough on my system. Cheers everyone and Merry Christmas.

Thanks for the update, OT - sound like a good time. So do you field strip your MREs before taking them out? Even then, it sounds like a lot of trash. Do you ever find that a problem or do you just pack it away and it's not an issue?

Most of the time I will break the MRE down into what I want to carry. This time I needed everything in the bag. I am ready to get back in the woods.
As far as trash. We usually have a fire. We carefully discard our trash in the fire. Other stuff we will pack out.

Got any pics OT? Also, do the MRE bags burn well? I just have visions of a really rank smell and dark chemical smoke emmitting from the fire.

Dave, I am known for taking a camera everywhere. To save weight and being lazy, I did not take a camera. I could have kicked myself because of the snow in the mountains.

The brown bags do not burn well and I was amazed how long they lasted near or on the flame. I guess thats a good thing. The foil pouches almost erupt when on direct flame. The FHP are very cool in the fire even wet. The magnesium gives a great sparkler show.

I accidently threw a tobasco bottle in the fire. It blew up and the cap hit me on the arm. The top of the tobasco bottle was on fire when it hit me.

OT wrote:Dave, I am known for taking a camera everywhere. To save weight and being lazy, I did not take a camera. I could have kicked myself because of the snow in the mountains.

The brown bags do not burn well and I was amazed how long they lasted near or on the flame. I guess thats a good thing. The foil pouches almost erupt when on direct flame. The FHP are very cool in the fire even wet. The magnesium gives a great sparkler show.

I accidently threw a tobasco bottle in the fire. It blew up and the cap hit me on the arm. The top of the tobasco bottle was on fire when it hit me.

LOL< INCOMING...FLAMING TABASCO BOTTLE CAP...LMFAO! Oh OT, that is so funny, what a shame that you did not have a video camera rolling on that one...LOL!

Dave I still have the t-shirt where the tobasco bottle top hit me. I had an REI grey t-shirt on. There is a melted plastic stain (hard) that wont come off. I still get tickled when I look at it. It was not funny at the time. The other two guys thought it was a hoot.

I should take more photo in the field eating mres. Our main deal is taking the main entree and proping it up with a stick near the fire. In cold weather, it warms up the mre pouch and I usually save the FHP. Some FHP's crap out and you need two to do the job.

Cheers