iSm: I'm just trying not to be on a 2-person team because of the financial burden. (Well, and the site-snagging. But I've no doubt of your site-snagging skills
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Splitting the cost of a site plus the cost of the meal between only two people is much more expensive than splitting between 4 or 5 people, and neither Sohrshah nor I are all that well off financially, so I'd much rather be part of a larger team, sharing the costs more ways. The extra $50 each of being a 2-person team may not sound like much to some, but to us it's a lot.
If the meal thing is a concern, why don't we as a 5-person team pull off the weenie roast plus breakfast the next day. There are a lot of economies of scale that we could take advantage of, such as buying the gourmet sausages in bulk, and using additional ones as part of breakfast the next day, not to mention shared kitchen resources like stoves and pots & pans. We have a lot to offer as teammates, between her mad cooking skillz, my stove, pots & pans, a table, etc. It'd be kind of like your group kitchen concept, except just within our site for 2 meals.
I'm guessing 3 tents to a site is not a problem since 2 other teams will probably be doing it (if I'm guesstimating that right)
I'm sorry that some think this is hyper planning, but to me, sorting out the cost is a big deal that I don't want to leave till the last minute when there are no options left to solve the problem with.