Around the Great Lakes

10 Day Resupply List

I planned this trip to take advantage of small towns with post offices and grocery stores within blocks of the shore or harbor and each town is located about 10 days of travel away from each other. The grocery stores allow the basic menu to be varied and supplemented as desired. This list is what is included in each mail drop (except cheese, peppers, gorp) and provides about 3500 calories a day.

I hope this will help others planning a trip like this.

Hygiene & Misc

• Small travel sized toothpaste
• Dr. Bronner – Castile Soap Peppermint repackaged to a 1 ounce container
• 10 One-a-Day Vit. Pills
• 15 pack of Action Wipes
• 3 gallon sized plastic bags

Fuel

• 1 3.5 ounce Jetboilcanister

Breakfast

• 10 Carnation Instant Breakfast Essentials
• 3.5 cups of Instant Milk
• 10 Java Juice packages
• 4 Servings Oatmeal: 3/4 quick oats, 1/3 cup Nestle Nido, 1 TBSP brown sugar, 1/4 cup dried fruit, 1 TBSP flax seed
• 6 Servings Cereal: 1 cup Kashi Cereal, 1/3 cup Instant Milk, 1 TBSP brown sugar, 1/4 cup dried fruit, 1 TBSP flax seed

Lunch

• 1 package Wasa Crackers o flat bread or pitas
• (buy one or two red peppers)
• 8 oz block of cheese (sharp cheddar)
• 9 oz Salami or Summer Sausage
• 1 package of Pepperoni
• 1 jar’s worth of Nutella or Peanut Butter
• 10 lunch sized packages of Corn Chips (my happy food)

Dinner

• 10 Enertia Trail Food Dinners (Coleman branded have more calories)
• 10 TBSP olive oil
• 5 packages of Instant pudding/cheesecake, etc…

Snacks

• 20 Clif Bars, Power Bars or homemade (woohoo!) bars
• 16 ounce package of Fig Newtons
• 10 Gornola Bars (hard)
• 1 can Wheat Nuts (pure fat!)
• 1 can Repackaged (double bags w/scoop) Energy Drink (look for glucose polymers (maltodextrins))

Sometimes, I make gorp.

• One big bag of peanut M&Ms
• Can of mixed nuts with no peanuts
• 3/4 box of Goldfish crackers
• 2 to 3 cups of dried peas

Good Resources

Most of the camping cookbooks on the market present recipes and menu plans which just don’t work for me on a high millage long distance trip. There just isn’t enough time in the day to paddle 30 plus miles, set up camp, blog, take pictures, and prepare complicated meals. Out of all the books I own, these are the book I think are the best for this style of trip.

• The Appalachian Trail Food Planner: Recipes and Menus for a 2,000-Mile Hike
• Freezer Bag Cooking: Trail Food Made Simple

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