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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Op, don’t you hydrate? Or you one of those constantly buying plastic bottles?[/b]

I always carry my backpack— even when out in the US. I have water bottles, snacks, books, wallet, chargers, sanitizer, first aid, and whatever else we need. I have 3 kids but used to carry the backpack while traveling in my 20s! [/quote]

I mean, I do think this concept of constant "hydration" is pretty new. When I was growing up, kids did not carry around reusable water bottles all the time, and I don't recall an epidemic of dehydration. [b]We just went to the water fountain if we were thirsty.[/b]

As an adult, I do not carry a water bottle around NYC, where I live, or around the urban metropolises that I visit, unless it is extremely warm. I will bring water to national parks and rural areas, where there's no guarantee of a cafe for me to get a drink. So while I do not support OP's anti-backpack stance, I also don't buy into the hydration hysteria that has gripped so many. [/quote]

This is not 1982. There are no more water fountains. They went the way of phone booths.[b] Plus, unlike the 80s, we now know how important hydration is to our health and well-being, [/b]and that soda does not serve as a form of hydration. We also know how terrible it is for the environment to be purchasing endless amounts of plastic water bottles. We're a family of 5. I'm not going to buy 5 water bottles every time we need to drink something.

I bet OP is also one of those people who complains about parents and families. Guess what? The parents traveling with those backpacks are getting ahead of their kids and anticipating the meltdown downs by packing food, water, clothes, sunscreen, and everything else that we can think of. I like preparation and having things on hand so that I don't have to go to a CVS when I travel - which is just so wasteful. 
Plus, what a waste of travel time to go shopping when I could just take goods with me? I'd rather be out walking and touring than spend my days in line buying supplies that I already have.

Plan better, OP.[/quote]

Um, nothing bad happened to most of us who grew up in that era and didn’t constantly guzzle water. Literally nothing. [/quote]

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