http://www.trailcooking.com/ has some awesome tips and recipes for cooking on the trail. Because it is geared towards backpackers, most of these recipes have dehydrated ingredients that need to be reconstituted. In order to keep weight down, dry goods are usually recommended. I really worried about what I was going to eat on the trail ( I LOVE FOOD), and the thought of buying a whole bunch of pre-made dehydrated meals seemed expensive and limiting. I love cooking an coming up with new recipes. Not only does this site give some great ideas that are much less expensive than freeze dried, pre-made meals. Portioning meals into individual servings means that each person can pick what they want to eat, what they want to bring, and can be responsible for their own food on the trail.
http://hikinghq.net/ is a great website with tons of information from a seasoned thru-hiker. He makes a lot of gear, camps in a hammock, and does thorough tests of gear he takes on the trail. He has hiked with his family, his friends, and solo. He has hiked all seasons. Sgt. Rock (his awesome trail name) knows what he is talking about. I love to read his tips and blogs, and his instructions helped me build my first camp stove. Very cool site.
http://www.dressedindirt.com/ is another backpacking blog. This one is by Adelaide, trail name D.I.D. or Dressed in Dirt. Adelaide writes on being a female thru-hiker on the Appalachian trail (and others). She suggests hiking in a skirt, wearing dirty clothes, and taking "days off" on the trail. She has lots of helpful how-to's, great photos from her trips, and hilarious anecdotes about her trips on the trail.
Those are my favorite links (so far). I find myself going back to them over and over again, and learning something new each time!
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