And we eat.
That requires a bit of planning, some gear, and a whole lot of food.
For many people that would mean lots of hot dogs & s'mores, eggs in a cast iron skillet over the campfire, and those little pies you make over the campfire embers.
Like you would expect by now, we do things a little differently with camping foods, too. I've had to feed fifteen people in a wide variety of weather conditions, activity levels, and self-feeding levels. Hot dogs won't make the cut.
We just returned from a four-night stay at one of our favorite MN State Parks. This time we camping in the normal campsites at Gooseberry Falls. (We have spent a lot of time at group camp sites in the past but that topic needs its own post.) Four nights for us means:
- one Departure From Home Meal
- two Road meals
- four Evening Meals
- four Morning Campside Meals
- four to six Snacks
My first step in this task (ok. Any task. I like a good list.) is to make a good list! And, I've done this gig enough times now that I simply refer to my "CAMPING" file folder and refer to last trip's lists to begin with. Here's the list from last time:
Day 1: AM
Breakfast Blobs (use 5# sausage)
Sliced peppers
Day 1: Road Meal
Kettle Korn
Sliced peppers
apples
Day 1: Evening Meal
Beans & Burger
Day 2: AM
leftover Blobs
bananas
hot chocolate
Day 2: Snack
apples
Abbi Bars
Day 2: Evening Meal
celery
spaghetti
Oreos
Day 3: AM
GORP
bananas
cappuccino
Day 3: Snack
dry fruit
cheese sticks
Day 3: Evening Meal
carrots
mexican
Twizzlers
Day 4: AM
almonds
dry apricots
hot chocolate
Day 4: Snack
GORP
dry bananas
Day 4: Evening Meal
carrots
spaghetti
oreos
Day 5: AM
leftovers
(not hot beverage)
Day 5: Snack
leftovers
Purchasing, preparing and packing are really important to make my camp meals work out right. That will be my next post.
