Australian Hiker

Yesterday was food preparation day and after doing this for a number of years we now have the process down pat. Having said that and even though I went shopping yesterday morning as part of my weekly routine, I totally forgot the last few items for our trip which required a quick shop run in the afternoon when we realised what I had forgotten.

There are a couple of differences with this trip than our usual remote wilderness adventures. First, COVID impacted our hiking trips over the past few years and as such we have a stock of ‘out of date’ meal packs that we are going to be using up on this trip. The dates are actually ‘best before’ rather than ‘use by’ so we’re confident the meals are still in good condition as the food is dry when you shake the bags. The only drawback is that many of the meals we have are single serve rather than double serve options so we will have a bit more fiddling around to do at dinner time.

Second, this trip takes us past a number of small communities, and we have the opportunity to drop into local stores to avail ourselves of at least one commercial lunch in Gracetown as the time we pass through this small town is perfect for a break.

The last food-related thing left to do is to pack the food into daily bags which we’ll do before we do a test pack on Tuesday.