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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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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