Hobo, Party of 12... By Ben Sacks

During the last week of the final expedition to Wyoming, the Nothing but G’s had dinner at South West Course Director, Jeremy Neidens’s house. That special that night was hobo dinner. Hobo dinner is when one takes a sheet of aluminum foil, folds it into a bag-like shape, adds the ingredients, cooks the food on an open fire, and then enjoys. The ingredients that were available were potatoes, broccoli, carrots, cheese, onions, butter, garlic powder, ketchup, and elk and deer meat. For dessert, there were chocolate chip cookies.

Before the group could eat though, they had to earn their “meal tickets”. The task, like usual, was to split logs for fire wood. Each member needed to split a grand total of 5 logs with a maul or blunt axe. Some had an easy time with the log splitting; others not so much. One group member in particular, Whitney Theriot, had the unfortunate experience of missing the log and instead cutting her toe. Whitney, after a little medical attention from Wes “Wonder Bread” Stanforth, in the form of some wrappings, reported having some discomfort but felt better. Her shoe on the other hand, didn’t fare too well and suffered some “internal injuries” and might need stitching.

After completely downing the second round of food, Ben “Sack Attack” Sacks contently said “That dinner was wonderful!” He wasn’t the only one who enjoyed the food. Apparently, the entire group enjoyed the hobo dinner and the chocolate chip cookies. “If I ever had the chance to make a hobo dinner again,” Ben “Sack Attack” Sacks said, “I would definitely do so again.”