Backpacker Magazine – March 2010

Rip & Go: Big Moose Mountain - Maine Public Reserved Lands Little Moose Unit, ME

Hike to an historic fire tower and camp beside secluded ponds.

by: Chris Keene

Tags:
• Destinations
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• Maine
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• RipGo
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On the Menu
Breakfast 1
On the road
Lunches 1 & 2
Peanut butter & Fluff on bagel
Dinner 1
Big Moose Shepherd’s Pie
Breakfasts 2 & 3
Instant oatmeal w/diced dried apples & maple syrup
Dinner 2 Fire Tower Tuna
Snacks
Reeses Pieces, peanuts, yogurt raisins, Mini Oreos

Big Moose Shepherd's Pie   
An easy-as-pie pub dinner

2 ounces instant potatoes
3 ounces jerky, diced
8-ounce can creamed corn
Pinch of salt & pepper

Boil one cup water. Stir in potatoes; remove from heat for one minute. Add diced jerky, creamed corn, salt, and pepper. Stir and serve.

Fire Tower Tuna
A filling sandwich with a spicy kick

1 pouch tuna
1 bagel
2 slices pepper jack
2 ounces pepperoni, sliced

Split bagel, add pepperoni to both halves, then throw on the tuna and pepper jack. Serve.

The Grocery List
[  ] 1 pouch tuna (1)
[  ] Mini Oreos (1)
[  ] Reeses Pieces (1)
[  ] 1 can creamed
       corn (2)
[  ] Instant potatoes (2)
[  ] Marshmallow
       Fluff (2)
[  ] Dried apple (3)
[  ] Instant oatmeal (3)
[  ] Maple syrup (3)
[  ] Yogurt raisins (3)
[  ] Honey roasted
       peanuts (4)
[  ] Peanut butter (7)
[  ] Pepperoni
       (back wall)
[  ] Pepper jack (deli)
[  ] 3 Bagels (deli)
[  ] Jerky (deli)

Pack Salt, pepper

NEAREST GROCERY STORE 
Indian Hill Trading Post
148 Moosehead Lake Rd., Greenville, ME; (207) 695-2104

PIT STOP
Hit the Stress Free Moose Pub & Café on Moosehead Lake Road in Greenville for a Cranberry Salad Wrap and a shot of Moose Piss, a concoction of Stoli Raspberry, tequila, and “secret ingredients.” (207) 695-3100







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