I\’ve been keeping my palate busy by trying out new foods!

Yesterday I rode to the salvage store, this time hauling the trailer. It\’s amazing how much drag that trailer added even when empty!

Once in the store, I made the usual beeline for the make-your-own-grab-bag bins. I filled up a small and a large grab bag. Sixty-three snacks for $8! So what if they aren\’t always the freshest. They\’re still edible.

I saw Capri Sun Sport Grape Blast, a pack of ten 6-oz pouches. It cost $1.50, far less than the usual price, so I decided to try it. Pretty good!

I also found 6-packs of V8 +Hydrate. Six 8-oz cans for $1.50. It\’s an orange-grapefruit flavor, and I must admit that I\’m not very impressed with it. But sometimes I need to try new stuff, partly to report on it for my web site!

I decided to order pickle juice shots. It\’s too late for tomorrow\’s long ride, but I want to try downing one of those shots halfway through a long ride, to see whether it will keep me from getting post-ride orthostatic hypotension.

And how would it be to get the pickle-juice kick ice cold? Maybe one day I\’ll try Pickle Ice Freeze Pops! It would make an interesting change from ice cream, wouldn\’t it?

Today I tried a new food: goodnessKnows bar. I like the flavor, but the chocolate coating on the bottom of the bar got quite messy. It was HOT out there!

Keeping my palate busy need not be expensive. In fact, it can be quite cheap!