Stacy Rakestraw
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- May 7, 2015
Tons of great ideas!
I could "smell" the Fort while looking at your photos... no kidding. Yay!Tent camping at the Fort is great, Probably not as great and being in an RV, but it is still great.
I want to try this out!....on the idea of cots... I have used different things over the years... deluxe Thermarest pads(pretty nice, but too low to ground for me) Aerobed camp version,(loved it, but the pump setup died) and now a cot with my deluxe thermarest on top for warmth and comfort(perfect) I LOVE the cot, I can store things under it,it makes it easy to keep our 'beds' separate.... and for rain with moisture seepage,it keeps us dry and off that damp tent ground!(for real big rain I put my duffel on top of the cot during the day to keep it all dry)As for food dehydrators, I had an Excalibur, and liked it very much. (Lots of reviews if you search "food dehydrator" on Amazon. Also an oldie but a goodie review on Mother Earth News) Dehydrating stews and sauces was easy-- just make sure you chop everything so that all veg/meat chunks are small (1/2" or less?), and cook with as little water as possible (make it thick!) to speed things up. You just put plastic wrap down on the dehydrator trays, and spread out the stew...when it's dry, you just crunch it up into big flakes, and put it into the storage container of your choice. I had loads of ziplock bags-- label and date them because the dry version can be hard to identify-- and kept them in a large tupperware plastic box to keep critters (squirrels!), ants etc out. They take up very little space! It was neat to have gourmet Indian food, and other favorites from home, in a tent at Fort Wilderness! Yum.
I want to try this out!....on the idea of cots... I have used different things over the years... deluxe Thermarest pads(pretty nice, but too low to ground for me) Aerobed camp version,(loved it, but the pump setup died) and now a cot with my deluxe thermarest on top for warmth and comfort(perfect) I LOVE the cot, I can store things under it,it makes it easy to keep our 'beds' separate.... and for rain with moisture seepage,it keeps us dry and off that damp tent ground!(for real big rain I put my duffel on top of the cot during the day to keep it all dry)
The kitchen has become very helpful to us executing our cooking and cleaning chores, plus keeping our tools, cooking oil, and spices organized. We’ve used picnic tables as a kitchen in the past, but this portable kitchen is much more user friendly (at least for us) and versatile than any other cooking setup we’ve ever seen.
The messiest darn thing camping has got to be all that crud we track into the tent. (Although I do somehow also always end up with roasted marshmallow in my hair...)