Food

The daily routine of the Brigade revolves around three things: sleeping, paddling and eating. Unlike some canoe trips where you might carefully prepare the daily menu many days in advance, we buy new food almost every day and the shopping list is always being updated. Breakfast is often underway by 6am and every hour the canoes stop for a break and quickly food is consumed to keep everyone's engine fired. Every evening the routine is similar: eat, clean-up and make lunch for the following day.

Fortunately my fellow paddlers enjoy eating well. The evening we had tacos we also ate a big slab of smoked salmon -- a gift from Daniel, a 17 year old local boy from Keller who paddled with us a few days ago. For the next three nights, the towns of Pateros, Entiat and Wenatchee, Washington will be our hosts and crew members scheduled for cooking duty will enjoy their rest days more fully.
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