October 13th, 2009
What better way to welcome fall than to take a few pounds of it’s finest creation, chop it up into tiny bits, throw it in a vat of boiling goo and then smash the beejezus out of it?
Oh yeah, you heard me. Applesauce baby!
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October 11th, 2009
I love primitive camping.
No, not the type of camping where you have to bring sticks and spears and wear animals skins…the kind where you actually set your tent up out in the woods instead of 15 feet behind the concrete slab where you’ve parked your car.
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September 15th, 2009
Finding the perfect tent takes time.
Here’s the funny thing about tents…you want them to be small enough you can carry the bag without giving yourself a hernia and ruining your camping trip, but you also want them to be large enough that everyone doesn’t have to be on top of each other.
(I mean hey, we’re all friends here…but that doesn’t mean I want to sleep two inches from the person who snores like a chain saw…though now that I think of it, making them bring their own tent is probably a better plan…but I digress.)
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September 15th, 2009
Who says you can only eat hot dogs?
This camping lunch came about almost totally by accident. I never would have thought to pack it if I hadn’t been dying for a chance to use a super yummy new ingredient I found at the grocery store.
But first…let’s back up.
I love fresh tomatoes.
I really love fresh mozzarella.
I ADORE balsamic vinegar.
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September 12th, 2009
Sometimes, heading off to your local park to sit by the pond or have a picnic in a field just isn’t quite enough. This past weekend, we decided to take the bike out for a ride and we thought we’d check out Portage Lakes state park to see what it had to offer.
As it turns out, there was quite a bit there. They’ve got an awesome playground, a beautiful beach, eight miles of hiking trails, eight boat launches, a 900 foot beach with a protected swimming area and tons of parking.
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