Vector cereal on the trail

Granola?

"Would this cereal (by itself or mixed with other nuts, etc) be a good idea to take along?"

Since you'll rarely be able to buy this in trail towns, it boils down to how many resupply boxes you want. I went with more last year than I would if I did it again; it can be a PITA to get into a trail town just after the post office closes, and have to wait a full day or even two full days for a box you [had] sent there. So my recommendation would be to find foods that you're happy to eat from large and even middle-sized grocery stores. Of course augment that with things you think you might like in resupply boxes you do send, so long as you don't mind contributing sometimes to hiker boxes.

You can always adjust that process when you get to large towns by putting together boxes for yourself on-the-spot to mail ahead, after you have a better idea of what's working for you.

I use Vector cereal to make these…

http://www.wildernesscooking.com/fork/trail-food.htm

While you can use any cereal you like, I do find that Vector works best. At the time I created the recipe Vector was pretty new to the marketplace.

Like a mosquito carrying malaria??? :)

After doing a little googling on Vector, it looks like they make a sort of trail bar too…

The Vector bar isn't a trail bar really… more of a granola bar marketed for the general public. You can get more nutrition, calories and such by incorporating it into your own recipes. Homemade also tastes better. Some of the Vector bars get quite messy in the heat as well as they are coated in chocolate.