During most of this trip we took turns as groups of eight preparing meals and cleaning up. Breakfast included pancakes, breakfast burritos, bacon and eggs, and an assortment of fruits, pastries, and prepackaged goods. This was almost always prepared at camp. Lunch consisted of sandwiches and wraps, with a fried chicken meal thrown in for good measure, and these meals were almost always prepared on the side of the road or at in a covered pavilion near one of the sites to save time. Dinner varied--tacos, beef stew, grilled cheese-- usually at camp, prepared in the dark. The time and weather didn't matter. We made breakfast in drizzle, lunch in heavy wet snow, and dinner at ten pm one night. There were a few times when we were on the road and found it easier to stop for food, which consisted of fast food or a tourist type restaurant. Thanks to Sal, one of my field trip buddies, I got to experience In-N-Out, the least complicated burger place I've ever been. There you can order a burger, a cheese burger, or a double cheese burger.
There are a few culinary differences between the NW US and the SE US. First, sweet tea is a joke in the north. I guess I already knew that, but it was a little disheartening the first time I was told that I could have packets of sugar with my tea. In the north, grits don't exist. And even McDonalds, where I could still get a real sweet tea, had never had anyone ask for a chicken biscuit for breakfast before I got there. But they did have a streak breakfast burrito, but it wasn't the same. Also, White Castle is not better than Krystal. It's just not.
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| Breakfast preparation |
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| Road side lunch |
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| Hot apple cider and cocoa by the campfire |
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| Preparing breakfast in the snow |
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| Help with the dishes |
wait. we had tacos?
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