When I go out for a hike I usually just stick a Cliff Bar and or an apple into my bag depending on my needs, but I do remember a time when I was hiking with a buddy up in San Jacinto when I was pulling out my cold, hard cliff bar and he was pulling out dark chocolate, tangerines, and stuffed grape leaves, and of course my reaction was ” hey buddy”…,”Pal”,..”Friend”. The whole thing changed the experience of the hike, we found this cool rock by the trail that we layed back on like it was a couch and feasted like Romans in banquet on juicy tangerines, decadent dark chocolate, and hearty stuffed grape leaves, that cold hard Cliff Bar long forgotten. 

Not every hike needs to be like a picnic, but I sure have to say good food changes the experience. So what do you take with you when you go out on the trail ? Again we are trying to get away from the classic energy bar but you probably don’t want to or need to stop at the local delicatessen in order to pick up a feast. Not to worry, In steps this new company Trailfoody. Trailfoody works like a subscription service. Decide what your hiking needs are going to be, are you going out once a month ?, once a week ?, several times in a week ? Depending on your what your needs are you can decide how often you get your Trailfoody box of goody’s. Trailfoody sends you out a handy, dandy stuff sack filed with different and delicious trail foods such as gourmet beef jerky, organic super food energy bars, gourmet rice crackers, and the list goes on. 

Now this is not going to service your needs if you are heading out on a back packing trip, where you need to look at highly dense energy foods that you can stuff into a bear can and cook while out on the trail for days or even weeks at a time. That kind of food is a whole different ball game. Books could be and probably have been written about what kinds of foods are best for long backpacking trips, and how to break them down in order to maximize weight and space in your pack. Just look on any Pacific Crest Trail blog and you will find endless material about what works best for long treks on the trail. This is not that, this is a stuff sack that comes packed with good trail foods for a day hike that you can just grab and throw into your backpack and know that you will have something tasty to eat when the time comes. Its a neat idea, and to help you discover how cool it can be Trailfoody is giving my readers a code for 65% off the first month of service, good from now until the end of March. Just enter the code. IHIKESD.