Boondocking and Bears are a lot of people’s fear. One woman told me that if she went boondocking, bears would eat her, and no one would ever find her again. Crazy fears! Boondocking is actually an interesting term. It seems to be taking on a number of different meanings. Some people consider themselves to be […]
Do the math, it never lies! A key to camping in a teardrop trailer is efficient use of space. Like backpacking, it necessitates careful packing and self-examination of what one needs when camping. When we built our first teardrop trailer, we had concerns over space. We were tent campers and hadn’t had an RV of
“Just Living is not enough…One Must Have Sunshine, Freedom, and a little Flower” – Hans Christian Anderson To me, Freedom is adventure. It isn’t the day to day grind. That is a groove of habit that becomes a trench with boundaries in my life. “Freedom,” as Robert Frost wrote, “is being bold.” Freedom is
“He unwrapped it gently, revealing a carefully wrapped scone” – Quoted from “Manly Hero” by Adrastus Rood One of my favorite camping foods is the scone. Maybe it is because I get to use fun cooking implements. Maybe it is because the scone takes a lot of work and love to be successful. Since we’re currently
“Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.” -Jack Handey The camping season has come to a close for us. it is a sad time. We spend time inside, close to each other for warmth of body
“The trouble is, you cannot grow just one zucchini. Minutes after you plant a single seed, hundreds of zucchini will barge out of the ground and sprawl around the garden, menacing the other vegetables. At night, you will be able to hear the ground quake as more and more zucchinis erupt.” – Dave Barry Every
“Falling in love is like eating mushrooms. You never know if its the real thing until it is too late” – Bill Balance A few weeks ago, I got home from teaching at the school and had an impulse to make some food in the Dutch Oven (DO) over a fire in the back yard.
Mom and Dad do know how to throw a birthday party. The little Assistant to the Senior Manager celebrated her 1 month old birthday on a camping trip in the jPod. Since this family arrangement is new to us, Senior Management and I thought it would be wise to camp someplace near our home-base and
When Dean Martin sang “When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie…That’s amore” in 1953, he was singing about this pizza. Recently, I have cut back on the amount of dutch oven cooking. My motives have nothing to do with the quality of cast iron food -it is the best food on
This is the fifth post on the Adventure Film project. If you haven’t read parts 1-4 of the adventure film blog series yet, you can read them here: Adventure Film 01: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 02: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 03: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 04: Glacier National Park Days 6-7 On the morning