Am i missing something obvious?

[bigpaul]

I think the general idea if you will be bugging out is to 1. first find your location and scout it well. 2. walk the route you plan to use to get there, preferably off road. 3. plan to have cache's along your route at various locations, so your not bugging out carrying loads of gear but you have it available along your route. like P1 says document where your cache's are so you know where to find them. see the post about buckets.