
I included this is my trip report, but some people have PM'd asking me "What's in that pack of yours?" So I thought I'd post a peak inside my basic summer day hike kit. The rest of the year, I add extra wool socks, and more shelter (incl. clothes - wool watch cap, gloves, fleece, etc.), more fire and more high fat food. It's a 25L Broadstone Sport Day Pack. (It gets switched over to a bigger pack in the colder months to accommodate the extra gear.) Nothing fancy but for $30 at Canadian Tire, it's held up pretty well the past couple of years, despite the fact that bacpacboy used it for his bay pack for the first year of its life.
The Guts along with bacpacbaby's small diaper bag and her child carrier

Food & Water: Nalgene, Canteen Kit (Canteen, canteen cup, canteen stove, esbit or wetfire tabs, secondary pot for boiling/cooking, Sea to Summit Spork, bandana, Bag O Chow with extra ziplock bags

Shelter, Sharps & Fire: Mora LMF Fireknife, BG USK, Bacho Laplander saw, Gerber pocket sharpener, folding cup, tin with charred punk wood, paracord, jute twine, Bag O Love, 2 nylon GI style ponchos, bug juice, garbage bags (not in pic. They're in the small side mesh pockets of the pack)
*I don't always carry both knives. It depends on what I'm planning to do out there. The BGUSK is my chopper an batonner, and the Mora is my standard go to for a day hike.

Bag O Love: Resealable breast milk bag with BIC, water filter straw, MicroPUR tabs, AAA flashlight, mini folding knife, Gerber micro multi-tool, fatwood and there's usually some wetfire in there as well. *There are usually a couple of extra breast milk bags in there too, along with some snare wire. (Both are now refilled. They got used in a couple of bacpacboy's projects.)

First Aid & Hygiene: I forgot to get a picture but this kit currently has a very simple FAK in a ziplock bag. It's got tampons, maxi pads, wipes, Tylenol, lip balm, MRE toilet paper, bandaids