Snacks

a good Clif bar, preferably a chocolate chip one.

I don't trust my hands to be clean enough after traipsing creeping around mildewy, moldy surfaces and old raccoon crap. I had a few run-ins with poison ivy in the last summers, which can be abated if treated in the first half hour. Once I B-lined to Shoppers Drug Mart and bought some alcohol to destroy the oil on my ankles. Another time, I was SO desperate that I went into a Tim Horton's bathroom and pulled my pants completely off and soaped my lower legs. I didn't even wash it off... just put my pants back on the frothy mess and kept exploring. Anyway, the reason I mention all that is because I routinely now keep a giant bottle of disinfectant in my vehicle so that I don't run into those problems again. And I've made a routine point of thoroughly disinfecting my hands after returning to my vehicle from every location. So I have finally started trusting a bit of food for snacks: nuts and granola bars.

Personally, Since I don't trust myself to not get all my snacks infected with hobo feces through me touching them, I bring canned food like corn or some meats, along with a can opener and fork. A big can of beef also gives me the energy I need to go on way longer trips, like when I'm exploring storm drains.