The camping life
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When my husband and I were just the two of us, we camped a lot. We lived out west, in the Phoenix metro area, and camped all over the western U.S., as well as the Canadian Rockies.
Then we moved back east and fell out of camping for a bit, but now that the rugrats are getting older, it’s time to think about camping again. We’re still a couple years away from doing it comfortably (Markus will be 2 in July, I’d prefer to wait until he’s 4 or so), but I look forward to the day we can all squeeze into a tent and not shower for days after tramping through the underbrush.
Already, Rafael loves hiking in the woods. He gets quite a workout at a large nature reservation near us that he adores going to and even on the little bitty trail in a stand of trees behind his favorite neighborhood playground. And grandpa’s house in the Poconos is on several acres and Rafael loves to wear his binoculars and lead an expedition (mommy or daddy or grandma or grandpa or all of the above) along the trail there, winding back around to the house.
Markus, too, enjoys strolls in the woods, though he cried the other week when his foot got stuck in a vine. But when he felt comfortable, he refused to hold my hand and enjoyed being surrounded by nature.
So I was intrigued recently by this post on the Wee Life blog, about camping and the Dutch oven.
Hopefully, by this time, Rafael will be a less picky eater. He’s recently shown signs of improvement, as has his appetite. He’s been eating a lot more lately and at least trying different foods from time to time.
Perhaps, if we get him involved in selecting a Dutch oven and in deciding on recipes for stuff we’ll cook while camping, we can turn it into a fun experience.
Anyone else have cooking while camping with wee ones stories to share?
Photo: P. Jaye Rippley, left, and Ray Haydel place charcoal briquettes on top of Dutch ovens to distribute the heat while the food cooks inside May 17 at Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park outside Casper, Wyo. They were participating in the annual springtime Dutch oven cooking class. (Kerry Huller, Casper Star-Tribune, distributed by the Associated Press.)
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When I was little, my folks took me and my younger brother out camping. I’m not sure exactly how old he was, but I do remember it was when he first started feeding himself . . . . Mom was making pancakes (on a little kerosene burner), and stacking some up on a plate not far from where he was sitting, and he just reached out and grabbed a handful of pancake. . . .
He didn’t care for having his diapers changed in the cold, but otherwise he loved being out camping.
While I don’t have a particularly picky eater on my hands [at the moment] I think that any kid who likes muffins would like them baked inside a hollowed orange and cooked in the campfire …maybe?
I’ve got some pictures and a how-to here … http://living.weelife.com/2008/05/camping-orange-muffins.html
They are really yummy and fun.
Thanks for the mention.
: )
I love your blog.
Jackie at weelife.