Meal Plan

Date: Jun 12, 2006

Meal Plan

Date: Jun 12, 2006

The meal plan usually offers two meals daily, breakfast & dinner at the respective base camps. You can pick which meals you wish to purchase on a per meal basis.

Date: Jun 12, 2006

Tad,

So you can occasionally purchase breakfast/dinner in camp if you desire without having to sign up for the whole "plan" ?

Date: Jun 13, 2006

You per-purchase the meals you want. For example, Breakfast M, T, Th, F; dinner M, W, Th, F. Lunch / Dinner at the finish line has been free the past two years.

The reason for the pre-purchase of individual meals is to allow the caterers to plan the servings they need to provide. For the past two years the caterers have been different at each town or meal, often a civic or church group.

Cheers, Allen.

Date: Jun 13, 2006

I never get the meal plan. I put $400.00 in cash in my pockets and eat out every night and have a muffin and coffee from the Detail Man in the morning. You can signup for the muffin and coffee at check-in. In 50 minutes after the daily rides begin you will be at a rest stop with breakfast bars and other food and 50 minutes after that you will be at the lunch break stop and an hour and a half after that you will be in camp and heading out for a real lunch on a shuttle bus or buying food in camp from one of the venders. If you are on a tight budget $200 will do. I on the other hand, will need the extra $200 for beer and booze. And, my wife unlimited charge card for overages.

Boozer

Date: Jun 13, 2006

Ron and I have never used the meal plan. We carry easy breakfast foods in our luggage (boxed muffins, granola bars, juice boxes,etc) to eat before departing, and then grab a quick snack at the first rest stop. Riding on heavy foods is not appealing to us. We like to eat at local restaurants in the evening in order to get a chance to see more of the town. Shuttles have always been availalbe at base camp.

Marcia

Date: Jun 14, 2006

Thanks, All! Very helpful.

Date: Jun 21, 2006

Some of my favorite memories from CNC 2005 were the unplanned stops to eat. There was an awesome burger joint in downtown China Grove and a fantastic breakfast spot the next morning...can't remember where, maybe Locust, but it was great! My friends on the meal plan missed some of the fun.

Date: Jun 22, 2006

I've been on 5 CNC rides and only in one town, Lumberton, did I sign up for the meal plan. In every other town I've always been able to locate a good Italian or bar-b-que restaurant. It's a nice way to end the day having a meal with local folks although most of the people eating are wearing a CNC wristband.

Date: Jun 30, 2006

Meals are ala carte and must be purchased in advance. Breakfast and lunch each day is offered. If I recall correctly, breakfasts range from $4 to $5 and dinner from $6 to $8. It seems that more people buy breakfast than dinner. You have to line up for dinner early and risk having them run out (the catering groups sometimes just don't believe how much food 300-400 hungry cyclists can eat). I prefer to get the coffee and muffins from Harold's Detail Service (you buy it for the whole week at registration day) and dinners in whatever town we're in. To me part of the fun of CNC is going to dinner with new and old friends and seeing each town.