Stored groceries while traveling
Hi all. I don't figure I need to announce being a newbie because everyone will key in on this stupid question. We are a horse before the cart couple, hoping to get a fiver soon. My question is this. ...
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Most of the answers have been about "camping". We don't camp! We travel by RV. Getting to a selected location (frequently near a National Park) and staying for four or five days while doing the tourist things; then moving to the next location of interest. We try not to travel more than two consecutive days even when going cross country but that is an age related decision and sometimes ends up with us spending a "down day" in a place that is not of any particular interest. A day for laundry, trailer cleaning, minor maintenance, dog washing, etc. OR...going to the grocery store. OR...just doing nothing.
A short trip is about a month and a long trip is usually six or seven weeks. (Alaska was ten weeks).
My wife pre-loads the trailer with staples such as flour, sugar, dry cereal, spices and paper goods, and loads whatever she has on hand in the house for canned goods, bottled water, and soft drinks; which is usually about two or three weeks worth.
We then go to Wal Mart or a local grocery store for fresh baked goods, fruit and vegetables, and meat as we go along. The managers at RV parks are always happy to recommend a local store.
We have found that prices are about the same everywhere (except Canada, but the exchange rate was in our favor) so it really doesn't seem reasonable to haul a lot of the same items around the country when we can buy them as needed.
Obviously if you are boondocking 20 miles out in the woods your thinking will be different, but it is another of many things about RVing where one answer doesn't fit all users.
A short trip is about a month and a long trip is usually six or seven weeks. (Alaska was ten weeks).
My wife pre-loads the trailer with staples such as flour, sugar, dry cereal, spices and paper goods, and loads whatever she has on hand in the house for canned goods, bottled water, and soft drinks; which is usually about two or three weeks worth.
We then go to Wal Mart or a local grocery store for fresh baked goods, fruit and vegetables, and meat as we go along. The managers at RV parks are always happy to recommend a local store.
We have found that prices are about the same everywhere (except Canada, but the exchange rate was in our favor) so it really doesn't seem reasonable to haul a lot of the same items around the country when we can buy them as needed.
Obviously if you are boondocking 20 miles out in the woods your thinking will be different, but it is another of many things about RVing where one answer doesn't fit all users.
