Hiking Lone Star one last time

Just got back from hking the Lone Star Trail again. Just under 100 miles. I hiked 20 miles a day for 5 days. This will be my last long hike until I leave. No blisters this time  - wahoo!

 Carolina Jasmine Vine in full bloom through-out the trail. The yellow flowers carpeted my path. So pretty...

So many pretty wild flowers...

Of course it wouldn't be Texas without a picture of the cattle. I also ran into a herd of wild pigs but they were out almost out of site before I could get the picture. You probably can't make them out but they are in the very back and center of this next pick (honest).

This week I will put togther my resupply boxes. I have been dehydrating food to bring and testing and trying different recipes. Here is some of the food I plan to put in my resupply boxes. From reading previous journals I have learned from other hikers your tastes  change and you get  tired of certain foods. It's best to have a lot of variety. I am not a fussy eater but I do want to make the calories count and eat a healthy diet. 

I will mix and match some of the dried foods above. I can rehydrate them in my small plastic  jar while I am walking. By dinnertime they will be rehydrated and all I have to do is add the spices and heat and eat! You don't actually cook on the trail. You heat up water and add it to dehydrated or freeze-dried foods. You fill up on fresh foods when you make it into town on resupply days.

It's all about variety

Drinks to bring, both hot and cold, including sports drinks to replace electrolytes

This is the cooking system I will be using to heat up water. All of the components fit inside in a nice, compact fashion. Total weight is 10 oz plus the weight of the fuel. A full canister of fuel will last me a 2 weeks and weights 6.7oz. It only takes 2 minutes to heat 3 cups of water!