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Picnic
Checklist
We suggest that you start a picnic checklist,
improve it over time, and keep it handy for picnic or
camping preparation. Here's a list to get you started.
Scratch out the items you don't need and add others
until you have the perfect list for your family. If
you keep the list on your computer, you can print out
a new copy whenever you need it.
We suggest keeping picnic and camping items
in large containers in the corner of your garage where
you can grab them in a moment and be ready for an outing.
- Cooler
- Ice for cooler (we prefer those "blue
ice" blocks that can be frozen in the freezer
and reused)
- Eating and serving utensils
- Tablecloth or picnic blanket
- Cutting board and two sharp knives-a
serrated knife for bread and a paring knife to cut
vegetables and other foods
- Napkins and paper towels
- Cleaning wipes
- Moist washcloth in a zipper-type plastic
bag
- Hand towel
- Seasonings (we keep a small plastic
tub filled with seasonings plus salt and pepper)
- Sugar
- Condiments
- Vegetable oil for cooking
- Grill and propane or charcoal and fire
starter
- Cooking pans and utensils
- Camping stove if you use one
- Drinking water
- Beverages
- A good book and family games with which
to wait out a summer storm
- Repair kit (we keep a tiny repair kit
with a strip of duct tape, a sewing kit, a small pocket
knife, and a length of pliable wire)
- Matches
- Flashlight
- Can opener
- Insect repellant
- Sunscreen
- Calamine lotion
- First aid kit
- Roll of aluminum foil
- Trash bags for refuge
- Camera
- Bathing suit
- Folding chairs
- Map
 Dennis
Weaver -- having burnt food from Miami, Florida
to Point Barrow, Alaska -- is RTA's road food expert.
He has logged thousands of hours on the roads, trails,
and waterways of America including many of Alaska's
wilderness rivers and has consistently been elected
the trips' "chief cook and bottle washer."
Dennis is currently general manager at The
Prepared Pantry, a company in Rigby, Idaho,
that produces ready-to-eat meals and baking mixes
packaged in Mylar. Weatherproof, bug-proof, and
critter resistant, they're ideal for both roadtrips
and back woods camping. Dennis may be reached at
dweaver@preparedpantry.com. |
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