Food Deserts? 🏜️
Food deserts are nothing to make jokes about. From what I hear, food deserts are most common in poor neighborhoods; and in a convenience store, a healthful apple can cost more than a helping of junk food. IF the store has apples at all.
Going on a long ride can seem to me like riding through a food desert. Finding a store too often means leaving the bike path; and looking for somewhere to buy something to eat. In unfamiliar surroundings, and pedaling alongside two lanes of traffic!
Pack It Along 🎒
So if I’m to have food for a long ride, I’ve got to pack it along. Not a banana, though; they smash too easily.
There are protein bars galore; but sometimes I get tired of them. I’ve tried alternatives, such as meat snacks; or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Unfortunately, meat snacks are often too tough to chew while riding; and they make me too thirsty. I don’t want to drain my Camel-Bak too fast!
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches proved to be much too sticky; and they’re also too bulky. So protein bars it is!
