July 26, 2009

• One of our favorite things about camping is sitting around the fire.  We enjoy the whole process, from fire making to watching the embers burn.  We spent a lot of time around the fire talking, cooking, reading, knitting.....It was an attractive place to sit and simply be.

  

  We took turns starting and tending the fire (Seriously! Everyone loves to do it so much that we had to take turns because people are very territorial about building and tending the fire and heaven forbid that someone poke at someone else's fire!) and everyone got a turn splitting wood.

  

  We also did lots of cooking on the fire.  We made grilled salmon.

  

  

  And I brought black raspberries from home that we stewed up into a tasty sauce.

  

  We also cooked on the camp stove using my favorite camping cooking item...The camp oven.  I made some modifications on it for this camping trip and was quite pleased with how it came out.  The camp oven has only one rack that comes with it, but it has three different rack heights.  I wanted the option of cooking on two racks.....So, I got a few things at Lowes and improvised.....

  

  If you note the numbered points of interest:

  • 1. 12" threaded metal rod.
  • 2.  Wing nuts to hold said threaded rod on either end of the oven.
  • 3. A square cookie rack placed over the rod to provide surface area on which to place the pan.

  This allowed me to cook two pans of muffins every single morning.  As you can see in the picture, I made muffins with black raspberries.  Then we put the muffins in bowls (torn in half) and poured the berry sauce over them....It was unbelievably delicious!!

  We are excited to try pizzas in the camp oven next time.  I might have to get another threaded rod/washer set so we can cook all of our pizzas at the same time.

  I have to say, we ate incredibly well camping.  We had salmon and steak and the standard hamburgers and hot dogs.  We also had corn on the cob, broccoli, grilled peppers, grilled summer squash and zucchini.....Lots of fresh veggies and fruits.  Despite the lavishness of food items such as Hunter's Sharp cheddar and real MacKenzie franks, our activity level surpassed our food intake as I actually lost 5 lbs while camping!

  Tomorrow, I will share pictures of our fun physical activities...kayaking and hiking.

   

   

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