Backpacking food
Trail Food: Chapul Cricket Flour Bars
One trend I have noticed with most long distance hikers is a lack of healthy eating habits on the trail. Most hikers "survive" on a diet of sodium fortified nutrient...
Gear Review: Vargo Triad Alcohol Stoves
It’s no secret to anyone that knows me that I love to cook. I think I was the only one I knew in college who came home from the bar...
Adventures in Dehydrating
In the past I've mentioned the fact that I would be home-preparing most of our meals for our summer of thru hiking and, for the past two weeks, my food...
The Hunger Game of Long Distance Hiking
Journal entry from January 2015 The Christmas season is over and now it feels like the start of our hike is just around the corner. We've talked to lots of...
Getting your rows in a duck! short list of pre-trail reminders
Start getting comfortable with being uncomfortable Its crunch time! Saving money and working overtime might be your life at the moment, but in months or weeks (depending on when you...
8 Foods You Will Avoid After Hiking the AT
Hikers love food. Hikers love town food. Hikers do not love hiker food. If you are a thru-hiker or long distance hiker on a budget, you probably ate a lot...
Advice for Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail, From a 2013 Thru-Hiker
It was January 2012 when I decided that I would attempt a thruhike of the Appalachian Trail. I had never been backpacking before, let alone hiked more than 8 miles...
A Professional Trail Angel Chimes In
Hello, and greetings from the North Country! In most places, I am known as Meg Wilson, the author. But I hope you’ll call me Auntie Meg when you see me...
Dehydrating…Dehydrating…Dehydrating
I started my love affair with dehydrating a little late for the 2014 hikers. I don’t know why I resisted, I guess I thought dehydrated food = tasteless food. Wrong....
Food, Glorious Food
Moms nurture. It's what we do. When my daughter Sarah said she was going to thru-hike the trail... ok, I was scared. Now I am not. I am energized by her...