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Old 05-23-11 | 10:14 AM
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Bikes: Surly LHT (weekend ride & touring), GT Outpost (commuting), Brompton M6R (Weekend tours that involve flying), Co-Motion Periscope Torpedo (family weekend ride & touring)

For a three day tour I recommend having all your food with you and not stopping to buy groceries. To stop and buy groceries would be a waste of time in your case since it does take time to find the things you want. Aside I think you should have a food supply buffer if you don't find a place to purchase food. My staple menu items are:

Breakfast:
- The quick & no-cook option: Beagles, tortillas, or something else bread like with Nutella.
- The normal everyday option: Oats & granola mix with Nido whole milk powder (much better than your regular milk powder) and hot chocolate powder.

Lunch:
- Tortillas & tuna (in a pouch).

Dinner:
- Flavored rice pack (i.e. broccoli cheddar cheese) & can of goulash.

BTW, I found that I don't care for a lot of sweet snacks. You might experience the same, so pack some salty things as well.
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Old 05-23-11 | 10:28 AM
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Tons of great ideas and I'm getting alot of planning time in. Unfortunately the expenses are running a bit high for my part time/college student paycheck haha. Gonna continue planning and go onthis trip after my summer session classes so I will have all of my gear sorted and tested out as well plenty of spending money.

Definately not giving up on this plan tho, simply putting it off a month until it will be 95 out and packed with tourists lol

Thanks for all the input, definitely helping my packing list
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