Like Ted and Erich, we too used a 60 liter barrel. Our last trip we were not real light, but not too bad. On portages I carried the 60 liter barrel in a harness that contained our food, and nearer the end cookware too. My wife carried a 115 liter Sealine pack with most of our extra clothes, sleeping bags, and a few other camp items.
I find that many people just keep it all in the canoe to portage, but we found that carrying the weight we did over the portages was no problem at all, and the canoe was much easier to handle. It also causes way less stress on the canoe on the bumps as well.
The caches are large enough to stack stuff on top of the barrel.
Only 8 more days until I am on the circuit, getting a bit pumped. I just hope they have enough snow.
