Blather
Cooking for Guys
Live to Camp
Camp to Live
Poetry
and Other Lies
Roast Bacon Wrapped Chanterelles
Roast Bacon Wrapped Chanterelles Fall mushroom season is just around the corner. Soon we will be tromping through the woods and, with a little luck, collecting buckets full of chanterelles. There is no better way to conclude a successful foray than to sit around a...
Broth
Waste not, want not. Take every opportunity to turn left overs and the scraps from carving meat into broth and stock. The turkey carcass after Thanksgiving, the bone from a roast or that steak, wings, scraps, what’s left over from that deli rotisserie chicken...
Rueben Handpie
Last camping trip, we made reubens in the pie irons. They were fabulous! Ingredients rye bread oil, butter, or lard thin sliced corned beef 1 small can sauerkraut horseradish sauce Swiss cheese We preheated the pie irons over hot coals while assembling...
Roasted Pepper and Eggs
Amy found a recipe for roast pepper and eggs in Backpacker Magazine. I think the original recipe called for doing all the prep at home, but since we were car camping, Amy did it in camp. It was simple and made a wonderful breakfast. Ingredients: Yellow or Red Bell...
Spam Pudgies
Dave was a little skeptical of the lunch menu- Spam pudgie sandwiches cooked in the pie irons. Straight from the can, Spam is unappealing, pallid, pink and soft. The prevailing flavor is salt. Heated, it darkens, becoming almost brown. The texture gets firmer, even...
Valentine Weekend Camp
Amy and I went to Beverly Beach over Valentine's weekend. I love camping with my wife! The weather leading up to the weekend was sloppy. I got the poles loaded and the pickup tarped Thursday just as it started to snow. I...
Maiden Voyages
Saturday Amy and I went up to Kingsley Reservoir to try out the Kayak I just bought. My brother and his wife met us up there. I gave Andy my old kayak which had been mauled by a bear. This was is first time on the water since he patched it. They had stopped at Walmart...
Bushcrafty
If you're not bringing a cocktail shaker you are doing it wrong. Bushcrafty: Two ounces Irish Whiskey, two ounces Shanky's Whip, one ounce filtered stream water, one-quarter lemon, one quarter lime-both squeezed and dropped into the cocktail shaker with a handful of...
A Bear Et My Kayak – Part 2
An Empty Camp ...
Zodi Shower
I've used solar camp showers and never been happy with trying to wash myself under the dribble of tepid water they provide. The water doesn't get hot enough, there isn't enough of it and there isn't enough pressure for a satisfying shower experience. The Zodi propane...
Good Morning
10/14/25 6:15 37F (2.7C) It is a cold, clear morning. The season is changing. Heavy dew but no frost yet. An owl is hooting in the darkness, somewhere over by the creek. Far above, the waning moon wears a tiara of stars. ...
Good Morning
10/13/25 6:15 42F (5.5C) It is a dark, gray morning, as sodden as a discarded dishrag. A disconsolate squawk breaks the silence, some unfortunate bird hiding in the rank grass and dripping briars of a neglected pasture. My dog barks uncertainly at...
Good Morning
10/12/25 6:00 48F (8.8C) Moon waning gibbous, no wind, partial clouds. The waning moon looks like a punctured ball, bleeding puffs and streamers of silvery gas across the night, its soft light reflected in the water pooled on the deck. ...
Good Morning
10/11/25 7:30 48F (8.8C) Overcast with blue patches showing behind the torn fabric of clouds. Still and quiet on the ground, west winds aloft. The morning is muted, the colors dull and soggy from last night's rain. Birds chirp and trill with hushed...
Good Morning
10/10/25 7:30 50F.(10C) Broken overcast, heavy dew, light breeze. The clouds overhead seem to be coming from the south. ...
