Friday, May 18, 2007 at 13:13
Hi Travelling Sheila
Big question and varies a lot with your type of lifestyle and how
you travel. The articles reffered to is good food for thought.
Most of ours is simple and from the back of the car.
We believe things like meat to be unhealthy and try to stay away
from frozen things as much as possible - hence our fridge capacity
is only around 23lt and we have worked out our food requirements
based on fairly straightforward stuff that is easily obtainable
at smaller supermarkets, and that is easy to work with, and has
little or burnable packaging.
(e.g. carry cask of wine and just put little in fridge each day)
Things like bread, deb ,dried peas , TVP , pancake mixes , and some
instant meals with inbuilt plates (but not dried meals) and a selection
of tough vegs like carrots/cabbage for coleslaws and tomatoes/onions etc
easily last more than a week if packed with a little care.
Most of our stuff is packed in about 7 or 8 cardboard boxes of type
coping paper comes in with contents written on outside.
These boxes with there lids cosy nothing and keep air around
the food and are stackable etc.
Our son recently discovered "deb mash and baked beans" and I reckon
he would eat it every meal if we let him.
I think one of the most important things is to take a minute
to look at the problem though the eyes of everyone in your party
and work out some things that work for them.
A friend of
mine recently reduced boredom in kids by doing that
and in his case bought a $200 in car dvd unit.
Another important thing is to ensure everybody has responsiblies.
E.G. Noting your other post re-swags, for us kids have small $30 tents, 50mm
self inflating mats (k-mart) and warm sleeping bags.
At our place they are totally responsible for sorting this out at each
camp,
and it helps motivate them if this is required to be up before snacks.
Three other things we take - lots of plastic bags, rubber bands and
hot water bottles, and assume we will pack up in rain (hence plastic bags).
Robin Miller
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