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More Outside Fun

Entered: in vim on x201 | Date: 20200720

I have made a few more excursions into the wilds since the last post. I attempted to steam bake corn muffins at the foot of a mountain in the rain on an alcohol stove. It would have turned out better if I had not put too much batter into my cooking vessel. At least the bottom third was cooked properly (and quite tasty). Yesterday my daughter and I made spam omelets under a tarp strung between four juniper trees. I found a little 5x7 foot backpackers tarp for less than $10. It is too small for hammock camping, but I have tarps for that. It takes up very little room in my rucksack and provided much needed shade as we cooked. I call that a win.

I have a place picked out for next weekend. I plan on cooking hamburgers for us on a campfire using a folding, double sided grill with a handle (advertised in the packaging as being for cooking fish, but it will work just fine for anything else). This spot is at the top of a ridge and the junipers are large and close together there. I have driven past it numerous times and yesterday I made the decision to check it out next week.