Camping in a car obviously is different than a bike. With a car you can bring a big ice chest full of drinks and food to last your weekend. How do you guys do it with a bike and trailer at a camp ground. Do you eat before you go back to camp for the night or do you have a trailer big enough to carry a large cooler with food and drinks. Camping to me is having everything you need to eat,cook etc, and that almost seems rather difficult on a bike. Thanks for any input.
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If you have a small trailer or a camper you can bring your food, cooler, etc. with you and eat whenever you want. just be careful about tongue weight on the bike. Before I got a camper, I tent camped off of my bikes so it's very doable. Campgrounds usually have picnic tables to set up your stove for cooking. If you come to Rockies Gold or the Texas Red Neck RTE, the are usually a few campers that are more than willing to answer any questions you may have, or just post them here. Whatever you decide, enjoy the ride.
With a trailer I bring a cooler, and food for 4 to 5 days. The biggest difference when I have the cooler is I bring some fruit, coffee creamer, cheese sticks, and maybe one meals worth of "cold" food.
If I camp without the trailer I typically do 2-3 days of food and plan to go to a grocery store. (buy cold/fresh stuff for that night and a few things for the next few days) No cold stuff. I make coffee in the am (powder creamer) and have oatmeal, lunch is a Cliff bar and snacks while out on the road, dinner a Kohr pasta, gourmet mac and cheese (has the cheese packet no milk needed), soup, chili or another dry/canned meal. Some people use the freeze dried backpacking meals too. I normally only drink water from my water jug setup or have a few packets of electrolytes to add to a water bottle if its been hot.
I would be happy to share my setup at Rockies Gold. I will be at the KOA.
If I camp without the trailer I typically do 2-3 days of food and plan to go to a grocery store. (buy cold/fresh stuff for that night and a few things for the next few days) No cold stuff. I make coffee in the am (powder creamer) and have oatmeal, lunch is a Cliff bar and snacks while out on the road, dinner a Kohr pasta, gourmet mac and cheese (has the cheese packet no milk needed), soup, chili or another dry/canned meal. Some people use the freeze dried backpacking meals too. I normally only drink water from my water jug setup or have a few packets of electrolytes to add to a water bottle if its been hot.
I would be happy to share my setup at Rockies Gold. I will be at the KOA.
Moto camping 2-up. We have snacks for the road and a small cooler. Once we unload we'll go to a grocery store for meat, veggies, eggs and cook over the camp fire. That food can last 2-3 days in the right conditions.
When I used to go solo, I rarely cooked anything. Just fresh fruits, veggies, nuts, peanut butter sandwiches, etc. Probably not what most people would choose to do. I'd occasionally get a pack of hot dogs to roast.
When I used to go solo, I rarely cooked anything. Just fresh fruits, veggies, nuts, peanut butter sandwiches, etc. Probably not what most people would choose to do. I'd occasionally get a pack of hot dogs to roast.
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I used to hunt with a guy that brought bagels and a jar of peanut butter in his backpack..…. He could live off that for a week.
Before I had the Roll A Home camper when I camped off the bike, I would just eat oatmeal and pop tarts for breakfast. Instant coffee to drink. I would have snacks, trail mix and jerky for lunch if I was in the middle of nowhere. I would just drink water from my camel bak. If there was a town, subway always did the trick. Dinner would be a stop for fast food or something else. I would carry a gallon of water for cooking and to top off my water bladder. I fill the bladder with ice at truck stops or fast food places. I did not have any type of cooler. I would make many cross country trips this way.
With the camper, I have a small cooler that will fit inside the cargo area. I also have a plastic tote that I keep dry food in. Breakfast was as above. Lunch was PB and J most days. I only keep one or two sodas in the cooler. Extra in the tote. I would have chips and apples in the tote. Dinner was something from a can or noodles in a cup with tuna. I would have an Ice tea in the cooler. Extra in the tote. I always have a gallon or two of water.
I would also stop at a Subway for lunch sometimes. Get a foot long and only eat half. I would put the other half in the cooler in a zip lock bag to keep it dry and have it for dinner.
You have to go at it in a different mind set. Think easy and quick meals. Not full blown like you would have at home. Yes, you can go full blown and bring burgers, steaks, and all the fixings. A lot of people do. Most of the time it is just easier to pick these things up as you travel. Use a small cooler to keep them cold until the evening or for the next day. Having a big enough cooler for a weeks' worth of food is just way too much wight and bulk. I just keep things simple because there are less things to bring. I can cook all my dinner meals off a single burner backpacking stove and backpacking cook kit.
Take what everyone is doing and pick and choose what works for your style of meal enjoyment! What works for each of us may not totally work for your meal style.
With the camper, I have a small cooler that will fit inside the cargo area. I also have a plastic tote that I keep dry food in. Breakfast was as above. Lunch was PB and J most days. I only keep one or two sodas in the cooler. Extra in the tote. I would have chips and apples in the tote. Dinner was something from a can or noodles in a cup with tuna. I would have an Ice tea in the cooler. Extra in the tote. I always have a gallon or two of water.
I would also stop at a Subway for lunch sometimes. Get a foot long and only eat half. I would put the other half in the cooler in a zip lock bag to keep it dry and have it for dinner.
You have to go at it in a different mind set. Think easy and quick meals. Not full blown like you would have at home. Yes, you can go full blown and bring burgers, steaks, and all the fixings. A lot of people do. Most of the time it is just easier to pick these things up as you travel. Use a small cooler to keep them cold until the evening or for the next day. Having a big enough cooler for a weeks' worth of food is just way too much wight and bulk. I just keep things simple because there are less things to bring. I can cook all my dinner meals off a single burner backpacking stove and backpacking cook kit.
Take what everyone is doing and pick and choose what works for your style of meal enjoyment! What works for each of us may not totally work for your meal style.
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