I was also thinking of getting one of Hard Wear's Ultralight sleeping bags also, but kinda out of budget range for this year. That thing (the -20 F) model runs just over $500!!! Probably well worth it, but too much for my blood right now. Maybe next year

I have to get the tent and then the water purifier, which will run me close to $350 total, maybe a little more. Plus a couple of bottles to go with the water purifier and a few little nit-picky things. Oh yeah, just remembered. I need to get some game bags. I know we used some before that were washable and seemed to work very well (don't know what happened to them). I don't remember what they were made out of, or what they were called. Could someone point me to a good source for game bags??