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Day 16, June 2, 2025

Miles: 3,011

We had a glorious long week in and around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. I’m a bit of a TR fan so going to the place that meant so much to him was meaningful to me too. We hiked, biked, camped and admired the spectacular scenery all around. Below are some highlights that didn’t make it into previous posts.

Jane

We love food. We love our electric cooler and not a day passes without celebrating the lack of a wet cooler and the never ending search for ice. So, that means we can keep whatever fresh foods, fruits and veg that catches our eye. Some markets are sparse, salty junk-food piles without any viable choices, others are magnificent farmer’s markets or just regular grocers.

We have freeze-dried backpacking meals (~$15 each) that are tasty and J-P informed us that by pre-taste, Peak is the best. Those are kept for deep ranged boon-docking moments where we don’t have anything better in mind. Our stores are not extensive but include oatmeal, walnuts, peanuts, cashews, carrots, eggs, butter, pancake mix, corn meal, bread, bagels, tuna, sardines, soup, Ramen, Fig Newtons, Dark chocolate (aka: our Methadone).

We have eaten two meals “out” in restaurants so far.

Sought-out treats include fresh veg of any kind, (recent squash and onions saute’), “big” steaks from the right sources, rare baked goods from the right sources. And, the rest I’ll say in pictures:

Rainy night “Dinner-in-stitches”. (we laughed so hard in the van, making peanut butter bagels that stuck in our craw, but laughed so much it was even harder to eat)

Waiting for the biscuits and gravy to share, held at bay by the best blueberry scone ever, fresh from the oven!