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The campground is fairly primitive.
No tables, but they do have fire rings.
And they do have fairly clean and sturdy "facilities," but without paper.
No, not flush toilets as there is no running water.
You may have noticed the blackened pot above. That comes from cooking over a wood fire. "But, steph! I thought you had a propane stove," you say. Well, yes, I do have a propane stove. It was left sitting by the truck where we were loading all the gear. You do what you've gotta do. I can build a fire and cook over one, too.
Lest you think that this is the most boring campground ever, there are some nice views, too.
You may have noticed the blackened pot above. That comes from cooking over a wood fire. "But, steph! I thought you had a propane stove," you say. Well, yes, I do have a propane stove. It was left sitting by the truck where we were loading all the gear. You do what you've gotta do. I can build a fire and cook over one, too.
Lest you think that this is the most boring campground ever, there are some nice views, too.
These are the rocks behind/south of the camp.
And the sunrises were lovely. As long as the camp wasn't overrun with yahoos (like it was the first Saturday night), the place was quite serene.
Except when the wind was howling like a banshee.
But the wind was actually welcome that Monday. The rains had started Saturday night and continued all through Sunday and, between the wind and rain, the tent leaked and got some things wet. When the sun came out on Monday (with a high in the 70s), the wind also kicked up. The combination really helped to dry everything out quite quickly. So, it all worked out!
However, all that wind made starting a fire a tad challenging... I highly recommend butane cigar lighters.
Except when the wind was howling like a banshee.
But the wind was actually welcome that Monday. The rains had started Saturday night and continued all through Sunday and, between the wind and rain, the tent leaked and got some things wet. When the sun came out on Monday (with a high in the 70s), the wind also kicked up. The combination really helped to dry everything out quite quickly. So, it all worked out!
However, all that wind made starting a fire a tad challenging... I highly recommend butane cigar lighters.
Gosh, I haven't cooked over an open fire in years. I was looking at your pot, remembering smearing soap on pots before putting them over the fire because it made cleaning off the sooty bits SO much easier! But, yeah, stove better. As long as you have fuel.
ReplyDeleteI had thought about the soap smearing, but didn't actually do it. Mostly I just set the sooty pot inside a paper towel-lined larger pot.
ReplyDeleteLater I used a small wad of aluminum foil as a scrubbie to get the bulk of the soot off. Soaking the sootiness for even a half-hour in soapy water made a huge difference in clean-ability.
When I got home, an overnight soak in soapy water and it washed up clean as a whistle.