Good point. Maybe I will try drinking more water when I am out there. Cannot hurt to try though I will miss my hot beverages!
I also do use the 12 hour Sudafed. I wonder if that contributes to the dehydration too though.
Take your hot beverages and enjoy them too, supplement them with plain water. I usually have a thermos of coffee, juice, or tea/honey and two bottles of water along. Keep in mind with every breath you take, you're inhaling cold dry air and expelling it as warm moisture laden fog. Takes a toll over the course of a day. Gatorade and such have too much sugar, basically it's water, sugar, and salt. If it weren't heavily marketed as a "sports drink" most people would gag trying to drink it. There's no prize for going all day without taking a leak. Also serves to get you up on your feet and moving around for a few minutes.
