For the first half of the journey I should be passing 1-3 towns each day, where I'll be able to top off my water, buy food, perhaps find some wifi, etc. During the 2nd half (after St. Louis), I should be passing towns about once a day, or occasionally every 2 or 3 days. No biggie, I'll just have to make sure I've got enough food and water for a couple days. In a pinch, I have a water filter and iodine tablets, but I'm hoping I never have to use it.
With this in mind, I figured I'd take a few staples like nuts and dried fruit, some dehydrated vegetables, and coconut milk powder, and top off my food stores with simple things like canned beans, ramen, oatmeal, hopefully some fresh veggies in towns. Somehow, though, I went a little overboard in "trying out" camping food, and getting things at the grocery. And, so, it looks like I actually have a meal for every night of three months. I have no idea if all this food will actually fit in my kayak, since most of my food arrived AFTER I did my initial packing trial. But I'm hoping I can carry a month's worth at a time. I have 2 boxes of food that I'll have my uncle send to me when I'm one month in to my journey, and two months in (and, no, I don't know where exactly, yet). I also don't know how hungry I'll be with so much more activity in my daily life. What I'm considering to be a month's worth of food might very well be a week's worth for all I know. It doesn't look like much food, anyway, but I guess that's why it's camping food! Dehydrated stuff packs light!
With this in mind, I figured I'd take a few staples like nuts and dried fruit, some dehydrated vegetables, and coconut milk powder, and top off my food stores with simple things like canned beans, ramen, oatmeal, hopefully some fresh veggies in towns. Somehow, though, I went a little overboard in "trying out" camping food, and getting things at the grocery. And, so, it looks like I actually have a meal for every night of three months. I have no idea if all this food will actually fit in my kayak, since most of my food arrived AFTER I did my initial packing trial. But I'm hoping I can carry a month's worth at a time. I have 2 boxes of food that I'll have my uncle send to me when I'm one month in to my journey, and two months in (and, no, I don't know where exactly, yet). I also don't know how hungry I'll be with so much more activity in my daily life. What I'm considering to be a month's worth of food might very well be a week's worth for all I know. It doesn't look like much food, anyway, but I guess that's why it's camping food! Dehydrated stuff packs light!
This is how much food I'll be sending myself in boxes along the way.
| Most mornings at home, I eat either oatmeal or cereal. Why break the mold? Ha ha. I set up a bucket brigade with Aunt Jenny to get a month's worth of oatmeal packets ready. It's sweet and savory, quick, hearty and filling. Here's my recipe: 1 cup quick oats Tbsp. dried wild blueberries Tbsp. of raw cashews pinches of Himalayan pink salt pinch of cardamom pinch of cinnamon |  |
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Not only did I package up a bunch of oatmeal, separate food into 3 separate months' worth of meals, but then with each month, I separated the meals into Dinner, Lunch, Snacks and Desserts, and Breakfast. I think this will help with packing, and knowing where to find each type of meal.
L to R: breakfasts, snacks, desserts (up top) and lunches (below), dinners
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