{"id":2592,"date":"2020-04-04T12:18:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2020-04-04T12:18:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:18:44","slug":"rockhounding-abcs-food-of-the-rockhound-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/rockhounding-abcs-food-of-the-rockhound-gods\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockhounding ABCs – \u201cFood of the Rockhound Gods\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cFood of the\nRockhound Gods\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From many different rockhound trips, each one longer than we had\noriginally planned, we developed a strategy for food and water that helps\npreserve space in your pack, and to reduce and avoid waste. Rockhounds follow\nthe creed to leave an area in the same, or better shape than how you found the\narea. Remember that after rockhounding, you are leaving with more, and quite a\nlot heavier material than at the beginning of the day. Rockhounds always carry\nout their trash, but there are tips and strategies to minimize trash, and to\nwork with the environment, not against it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Food that requires no packaging, and that\ndiscards itself in the woods is ideal. Oranges, bananas, and apples are ideal\nbecause they leave behind rind, peel, and core that will degrade in the woods.<\/li>
  2. If you bring snacks like nuts, raisins, other\ndried fruit, bars, or event meats and cheeses and place them beforehand in\nplastic bags, you can use those same plastic bags for the crystals and stones\nyou collect on the trip.<\/li>
  3. Instead of bringing a number of small water\nbottles, we bring a gallon jug per rockhound so that afterwards you are\nrecycling one plastic bottle, instead of a dozen plastic bottles.<\/li>
  4. Wet naps! Rockhounding is dirty business, you no\nthat going into this hobby or obsession, but wet naps can save the day, and we always\nappreciate a fresh wet nap, so stock up on them, and be sure to carry them out\nwith you.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The strategy is to consume all the\nfood you bring, with minimal plastic waste to return by repurposing any plastic\nbags. We always make it a tradition after every rockhounding trip to plan in\nadvance where we will celebrate with a steak and a baked potato. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Rockhound, and eat, drink, and be\nmerry!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u201cFood of the Rockhound Gods\u201d From many different rockhound trips, each one longer than we had originally planned, we developed a strategy for food and water that helps preserve space in your pack, and to reduce and avoid waste. Rockhounds follow the creed to leave an area in the same, or better shape than how … <\/p>\n

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