jackrabbit
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Thinking about some upcoming day trips in Minnesota and extended weekend trips to South Dakota, and thought I'm not sure if I've seen this topic covered on here. What do you guys like to bring along for meals?
I usually just pack a couple sandwiches and some snacks ahead of time and eat them while driving from one spot to the next. At the very least I grab a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter and some bananas. I think I might bring my small portable gas grill for a long day trip next week and grill up some warm burgers or brats quick while sitting in a public land parking lot.
I take two trips to SD each year with two different groups, each is vastly different. One trip I am the youngest (27) and poorest (daycare is expensive...) and everybody else (Dad's friends, ages 50-65) want to eat out every meal. I am a bit of a health nut and penny pincher so I don't really enjoy eating out at all, especially 2-3 times a day for 4-5 days. This group stays in a cheap motel, and I'd like to pitch the idea to them of just planning ahead of time a bit and we can enjoy a lot of meals on our own with the grill at the hotel parking lot and hunting parking lots.
The other trip is all college friends. We rent an old farmhouse that is literally 15 miles from anywhere, and on the land that we get to hunt. Very convenient. We plan ahead of time with a list and each person brings a few things off it, and it pretty much all evens out financially. Eggs, bacon, sausage, toast in the mornings. Lunch meat sandwiches, chips, cookies, fruit in the afternoon back at the house. A few crockpot meals at night, usually a chili of some kind. If all goes well a fresh fried pheasant meal another night.
What are some traditions or meals that your groups enjoy?
I usually just pack a couple sandwiches and some snacks ahead of time and eat them while driving from one spot to the next. At the very least I grab a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter and some bananas. I think I might bring my small portable gas grill for a long day trip next week and grill up some warm burgers or brats quick while sitting in a public land parking lot.
I take two trips to SD each year with two different groups, each is vastly different. One trip I am the youngest (27) and poorest (daycare is expensive...) and everybody else (Dad's friends, ages 50-65) want to eat out every meal. I am a bit of a health nut and penny pincher so I don't really enjoy eating out at all, especially 2-3 times a day for 4-5 days. This group stays in a cheap motel, and I'd like to pitch the idea to them of just planning ahead of time a bit and we can enjoy a lot of meals on our own with the grill at the hotel parking lot and hunting parking lots.
The other trip is all college friends. We rent an old farmhouse that is literally 15 miles from anywhere, and on the land that we get to hunt. Very convenient. We plan ahead of time with a list and each person brings a few things off it, and it pretty much all evens out financially. Eggs, bacon, sausage, toast in the mornings. Lunch meat sandwiches, chips, cookies, fruit in the afternoon back at the house. A few crockpot meals at night, usually a chili of some kind. If all goes well a fresh fried pheasant meal another night.
What are some traditions or meals that your groups enjoy?