Trail Mix-ups

Welcome to the wonderful wacky world of trail mix and snacks. Joining us this trip will be the stars:

Mixed Nuts
Candy Corn
Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans

and guest starring:

Spice Gum Drops
Swedish Fish
Hazel Nuts
Peppermint Patty type Balls
Peach Gummy Rings
Fruit Slices
M&M's

That is the mix-up for Pocahontas! Of course Legasorus is quite the opposite in his likes and dislikes in pursuit of the perfect trail mix.



      

       


His Stars are:

 

Almonds

Cashews

Sunflower Seeds

Hazelnuts

Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans

 

 

And His Guest Stars are:

 

Bit 'O Honey

Jordan Almonds

Tootsie Rolls

Good and Plenty

Licorice Jelly Beans

M&M's

Hard Candy

 

                                                                                                                                                                 He likes the hard, chewy candy, Pocahontas likes the soft, melt in your mouth candy.

                                                                                                                    

Since regular fruits and vegetables are not a priority for Pocahontas (Yeck, tastes bad!!!!), and knows that she needs some in her diet, she compromised with the candy fruit slices and gummy peach rings. And of course candy corn to round out the vegetable servings. We are all set!

While keeping in mind the hot weather our snacks and trail mix may encounter as they sit in hot post offices, we kept the chocolate treats to a minimum. No stocking up on Snickers for us! Oh no, PayDay candy bars is the only way to go. These give us the much needed carbs and protein without melting all over everything. We most likely will grab some chocolate on the way out of towns, I mean, who wouldn't!


Shopping at Costco for snacks
 

Some of our lunch food will consist of Pepperoni sticks,* tuna & chicken salad on crackers and the Sweet and Salty trail bars by Nature Valley. The rest of our lunch will be supplemented by those gems we find in the small stores along the way. Possibilities are peanut butter, tortillas, fresh fruit (Legasorus), and bagels (Pocahontas). A ton of ice cream will also be consumed in towns.

We have all of our breakfast cereal packaged up
and awaiting the "filling of the resupply boxes", which we will start today. Legasorus made a video of packaging up our breakfasts, and if he ever gets it edited, we will include it here.

All of our breakfasts and trail mix ingredients were purchased in bulk at WinCo.

*OOPS! Just one small problem popped up as we were packing our first resupply box. An opened package of pepperoni sticks started to develop mold. Yeeeew! So if anyone thought this would be a good idea, strike it off your list. Buy pepperoni as you go!!!