Adaptation, Life On The Road

I think that most of us, me included, take many things for granted. Life on the road will quickly make you aware of these things. In the next few weeks I will be covering the adaptations I have had to make to life on the road. The first thing that popped out at me was diet. What can I eat, how will I store it, how will I prepare it, Ect, Ect.
My body didn’t react well to certain truckstop food (don’t eat the pizza at Flying Js). I had to learn this lesson twice. Wal-Mart is now my choice for food. I will buy enough cold food to last about 5 days and also stock up on canned food. We have a 12 volt food warmer that fits the short cans of Progresso Soups perfect and in about 30 min you have a nice warm meal. Throw in a DelMonte mixed fruit pac or a hunts pudding SnackPack and you are good to go.
We have a 40qt 12volt cooler that will keep things 40degs cooler then the outside air temp. This works well for lunch meats and drinks. Space is a concern and that is why we only keep 5 days worth in the cooler. I buy water by the case, apples, bananas, poptarts (I know, not good), tortillas, Propel Sports drinks, and other items of low cost. Speaking of costs, I have found that shopping this way will only cost me about $30.00 for 5 days. I will eat out two meals in those five days but only if I can do it for around $5.00 and as long as it is not truckstop food. This should bring you to a total weekly (7 days) food bill of about $60.00. Not bad considering my first 2 days on the road cost me nearly $60.00!!!!! I was going to go broke in a hurry that way.
Join me next time when I talk about personal hygiene. I will have some pics of what it is like in side a truckstop shower.

As always I invite your comments or suggestions:warrentrucker@yahoo.com

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