So glad you are ahead of me in planning - now I can just use all of your advice! smile I just started thinking about what would fit in my cooler today. But then I realized we never do frozen meat at home so I'm not sure how it works. How long does it take to thaw? Do you have to plan a day or two ahead of time when to defrost what you want?

How does pre-cooked bacon work - does it stay crispy at all? What about the cookies - can you poop them in the oven frozen?

I ordered the ziploc vacuum pump thing today so I could try to vacuum seal my stuff without paying a fortune. It should come early next week so I can play around with it a bit before we go.

Thank you!!