Thanks for explaining. Well, if you just want to "wing it" take the $300, hike hard, and when out of money and/or energy, call your wife and sweetly ask her to come pick you up! You can always pick up where you left off in another year when the kids are bigger (wait until they are teens and have them go with you).

Personally I would prefer to package and mail ahead the dry food and just buy the perishables. To each his own.

But, I think you should go for it! I hope you can make it happen.