Another lesson: Find out before hand what it'll take to treat the local water.

Sat/Sun I hiked the "Four C Trail" (seems everyone spent the weekend hiking!) in East Texas. According to the maps it looked loaded with streams and in reality the streams were all over the place and flowing well.

Our original plan was to boil or filter this water rather than carry the 4+ liters we'd need. However, I called the park service office to ask which treatment they reccomended. Their answer: bring all your water as the streams are contaminated from iron and coal mining.

And yes, I had too much food and ended the hike with only ~400mL water left.

-Blast