The Current In The Chaos: Food For Thought

Off the river once more. And a start of River season for this year. The annual Spring Break Float on the San Juan River. I know this part of river pretty well. It has become a good friend and a welcome respite to the cold and snow of Laramie in March.

Since we try to camp at the same camps every year, hike the familiar hikes and see the constant red sand walls of the canyon, I have begun to remember the trip by what we ate. Don't get me wrong, the river, camps and hikes are all wonderful, but they are the constant on the trip. Planning and cooking real GOOD meals, feeding the masses, this is my pigeon hole, the role I am expected to fill, the area that Jerry never looks at as he is busy working in his comfort zone of the technical aspects of the raft and logistics of the trip. And if expected and allowed to only do this role, I will do it to my best ability. I will bless all with meals worthy of the river.

The Kitchen

Tastes and smells are vivid memory triggers. I just read that when studying for a test a person should chew gum, then chew that exact flavor of gum while taking the test. The taste helps bring back the memory of the facts. For me it is Chocolate Chip cookies and getting off the Middle Fork of The Salmon or Pesto Gnocchi and the San Juan River, or Chicken Pot Pie and Desolation Canyon.

Here are actual journal entries from this Spring Break Trip. This is how I remember the trip. Sorry some of us just think with our taste buds.