My husband and I just did a short backpacking + camping trip on Angel Island State Park. We didn’t know what to bring for food, so kept it simple: protein bars, trail mix, Oreos as snacks, some floppy bread and instant ramen noodles for dinner, instant oatmeal for breakfast. We also bought a few small oranges to add some happiness to our trip.
I thought I would be happy with ramen noodles, but I was wrong. I don’t eat them that often, but when I eat, I boil them at home, adding an eggs and some veggies and I loved the taste. Not the case in the camp, no luxury items like eggs or fresh veggie. It was not fuel smart either if we just let the noodles boil on our little stove. Thus, we boiled water, pour it into noodles in a sealable bowl and let them simmer. They tasted pretty boring… I broken bread into the noodle soup, ate them and drank the soup.
In the morning, I looked at the leftover ramen noodles, thought I may as well just finish them — one less item to carry on the back. So I ate the same thing, exactly the same as my previous meal: ramen noodles and floppy bread in soup. Ugh! Why did I do that… I will not eat the same thing twice in row in my future trips.
