Camping - The Best Foods to Pack For a Long Camping Trip

By Sophia Rodriguez

If you are going camping and are looking for the best foods to pack for a long camping trip, read on...

Although this question seems straight forward, there are many possible answers to what are the best foods for a long camping trip. The answer will depend on many factors.

Are you backpacking, car camping or traveling in a camper van or RV? Do you eat meat or are you vegetarian? Will you eat just about anything as long as it tastes good or do you like to eat mostly healthy foods with a few treats in between?

Since I am a vegetarian who likes to eat healthy foods, my answers will reflect this way of eating. I will discuss the best foods for a long backpacking trip as well as foods you can bring on a long trip across country in a camper van or RV.

The Best Foods For A Long Backpacking Trip For a long backpacking trip, you will need food that gives you lots of energy and that keeps well. If you know what types of plants are edible close to your campsite, all the better since you will be getting fresh food that will spice up your camping trip.

Here are some examples of what you could take with you:
1) dried fruit such as cherries, pineapple, mango and apple
2) banana or plantain chips
3) a variety of protein bars such as Vega, Luna or Clif
4) trail mix
5) soy nuts
6) a variety of nuts
7) granola and dried soy mylk
8) foil packed meals such as Indian food that can be warmed in hot water
9) quick cooking pasta and vacuum packed flavored tofu with seasoning
10) tofu jerky

The Best Foods For A Long RV or Camper Van Trip

Depending on how much space you have and your preferences will dictate how many or how few of the following items you can bring. The idea is to inspire you to make a list of possible meals based on the items you bring so here we go...
Non -perishable Items
1) Flour,sugar & baking powder (to make biscuits, pancakes,pizza dough, bannock,etc...)
2) Granola or other dried cereals
3) Peanut butter and /or almond butter
4) Powdered milk
5) Dried pasta
6) Quick cooking rice
7) Spices, condiments and flavorings
8) Canned soups and chili
9) Canned beans
10) Canned pasta sauce & gravy
11) Trail mix, nuts, seeds & dried fruit
12) Popcorn and marshmallows
13) Cooking and salad oil
14) Airtight packed silken tofu
15) Syrup or honey

Perishable foods
1) Eggs
2) Cheese
3) Veggie meats
4) Breads
5) Dairy or soy milk
6) Fruits & vegetables

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Originally, we had planned on three weeks in New Zealand - two weeks to tour the South Island and one week to tour the North Island. After looking at maps, distances and the challenges of getting between the two islands we reduced it to 14-days and only toured the South Island. Everyone we spoke to said that it was the more beautiful of the two, and it did not disappoint.

Difficult Driving Conditions Christchurch is the largest city on the South Island and is where we landed after leaving Australia. Both countries take significant measures to ensure no foreign plants and animals are brought into the country.

However, New Zealand immigrations and customs asked the most questions about where we had been, if we had been hiking and where, and if we had tents and/or sleeping bags. Since the answer to all of the questions was yes, the officials took great pains to inspect all of our gear.

In addition to taking our hiking boots and spraying them with disinfectant, they literally vacuumed out the three tents and sleeping bags. That thoroughness took more than an hour. When everything was returned they apologized profusely for the wait, but said it was necessary to ensure non-indigenous species were not brought into the country. Even though they had a very challenging job, they were the nicest, most courteous customs officials we had met.

Once outside the terminal, we met a van from the RV company where we had a reservation, and were taken to the depot near the airport. Because it was winter, we had to go through a number of safety issues and were asked if we wanted snow chains. Since we had no intention of venturing into locations with snow on the roads we declined.

Boondock Camping: What Is It And Why Do It?

By Sophia Rodriguez
Do you long to go camping along Canadian and American highways and discover this great country of ours? Camping provides an excellent escape to the daily stresses of everyday life and allows one to discover new people and places.

If you want to camp long term, for a month, two or more at a time, you will experience a very fulfilling and adventure filled life unknown to the average person living in a house, in a city, working 9-5 Monday to Friday.

Boondock camping, also called rough camping is a great solution to affording long term travel. If you are like my husband and I, you love traveling but enjoy being independent and love privacy even though you enjoy meeting new people and going to social events. At night, when it's time to turn in, you, like us probably love hanging your coats at the same place,

I love cooking healthy vegetarian foods from my own travelling kitchen and my husband loves watching his own movies on his own flat screen television in his rolling den. I can work long distance on my laptop and make money wherever we are.

Boondock camping is perfect for us because we have a choice to live in the great outdoors in nature's beauty at its finest or in downtown parking lots close to farmer's markets and gardening festivals. We get to park our small Winnebago up close and personal with Mother Nature anytime we choose to.

From the forests of the north to the deserts of the south, North America is ours to discover. Maybe eventually I will convince my husband to cross over into Mexico and from there well, I have my eye on Belize...but I digress...

There are many advantages to boondocking, namely saving lots of money. However it is not for everyone. You need to be a self reliant, mechanically inclined and self sufficient couple or family that can amuse themselves and allow themselves the pure joy of living and discovering. There are a few major differences between camping in an RV park temporarily for a few days vs. boondocking for weeks at a time.

When you go boondock camping you will be usually parked in areas with no electricity hook-ups. This does not mean you have to go without. With the use of solar panels, batteries, inverters and a mini generator, you can easily and cheaply create your own energy.

Of course you don't want to run your generator if you park at Walmart in downtown Ottawa or Orlando but when you are parked in the middle of the desert or the forest, you can recharge your batteries for when you get to the big city.

The key to successful boondocking is self-reliance and that means energy wise, mechanically, eating wise and financially. Menu planning is my specialty. I usually sit down on Sundays and plan a week's worth of menus for my husband and I.

Breakfast is mostly either cereal and fruit or tofu or egg scramble with fakin bacon. Lunch is when we enjoy going out to try new vegetarian restaurants in different cities. Lunches are less expensive than dinner and are equally tasty so whenever we are passing by an interesting prospect, we take advantage of the situation.

If we are camped out and not close to civilization, we usually eat soup and sandwiches or big salads for lunch. Dinner is when I enjoy trying out new recipes and as my husband would tell you, we never eat the same thing twice because i love to experiment in the kitchen.

Boondock camping has recently found new popularity or at least is coming out of the woodwork now. The internet is great to find prospective camping sites and more information about this new trend that is allowing many families to feel the joy of freedom, new discoveries and the sheer pleasure of having enough time to truly discover and appreciate our beautiful country.

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