Honey, whats for dinner?

If anyone else loves food as much as I do, you are probably asking yourself—what are you going to eat in the woods for 6 months? If you were like us and have no prior backingpacking experience you are probably thinking 6 months of food is a lot to carry.

Well, let me do some explaining. We do not carry 6 months worth of food. Actually we will be stopping in local trail town every 4-5 days to resupply either from a grocery store or a maildrop.

Typical Day’s Menu

Breakfast: Instant Oatmeal, Grits or Pop Tarts

Snack: Snickers Bar

Lunch: Tortilla or Flatbread with Summer Sausage and Cheese or a Bagel with peanut Butter

Snack: Cliff Bar, Trail Mix or peanuts

Dinner: Lipton Sides with tuna, chicken or salmon out of a foil pack or a Mountain House Meal—love the spaghetti!

Sounds yummy right? Apparently when hikers reach trail towns they gorge on any real meals they can find such as all you can eat buffets. Hikers can typically eat whatever they like in town because they are burning so many calories while out on the trail (4,000-6,000 per day).