Old Salt wrote on Apr 12^th, 2013 at 8:29pm:

I load up everyone else in the party first. If I've done it efficiently, there's not much left for me... Que sera... ;)

I let Old_Salt load me up before I head across.  All them small stuff gets strapped into the canoe until it weighs about 80#.  Then he loads me up.  Usually I have the heaviest pack on my back, another full-sized pack on my chest, a smaller pack slung over each arm, and then OS rolls the canoe over the top of me and onto my shoulders.  OS then heads off down the trail in front of me to stir up all the skeets really well attract the mosquitoes away from me and scout the trail unencumbered. 

He tells me this is the most efficient way to do it so he will remain fresh and alert for when it's time to fish.   ;D