Spoiler: it rained ALL DAY. Backpacking in Japan's Northern Alps, Ep. 3 | Karasawa Hutte Yokoo Sanso

In today's episode, I woke up after an entire night of rain and gale force winds to....more rain! Yay. I packed up and headed down to Yokoo Sanso where I registered my tent and set up camp for a long day of waiting out the rain. It was beautiful to come down from the higher elevation of Karasawa Hutte with the rain clouds swirling and hearing the sounds of rain drops in the forest. I loved that part of the hiking.

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Cold Soak Oatmeal (one example):
1/2 cup quick cook oats (as in, the 1-minute ones)
heaping tablespoon peanut butter powder
heaping tablespoon vanilla protein powder
tablespoon powdered milk or collagen powder
teaspoon chia seeds
teaspoon ground flax seeds
sprinkling of each: walnut pieces, shaved almonds, dried banana chips, dried cranberries

You can also leave out the peanut butter and add different kinds of seeds and nuts to make it more savory; I like to make a few different variations for each trip. Test out a recipe for breakfast at home first to make sure you like it. You might get hooked on cold soaking too!






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