At times this has gotten us into trouble, where we drive around super hungry and cranky -- at other times it gave us an opportunity to visit local towns and buy our ingredients fresh. Either way, once you camp with kids a "wing-it" nature needs to be curtailed. When little kids are hungry they need to eat.
Our previous camping trips, were short and near civilization. One night in the tent, and twenty minutes from the nearest pizza parlor. With our Lassen trip we were looking at two nights camping, and we had to plan for every meal.
I'm thrilled to report that our planning worked without being overly annoying or inflexible. We had the right amount of everything. The first thing we did right was to pack plenty of snacks that could add up to a meal. By this I mean carrot sticks, peanut butter crackers, granola bars, pistachios, snack cheese, sandwich fixings, etc.
We also planned all seven meals, including two dinners, two breakfasts and three lunches. Our dinners were easy-to-grill items like hotdogs. Our breakfasts were basic things like cereal, bacon and coffee for the grown-ups and cocoa for the kids. (I think next time we'll figure out how to do pancakes one morning).
I also remembered a dish bin, dish towel and dish soap (the illusive dish soap I almost always forget) for easy clean-up.
Still one of our best decisions was staying at a KOA, with clean and working showers, conveniently located water for the campsite, as well as trash cans. All of this added up to a wonderful trip.
The boys had a blast camping... we all can't wait to go again. Maybe next time for a week. Our camping check list is located here.
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