An essential for cooking while camping is a good quality iron skillet or frying pan ( not teflon coated) You can use it to make eggs, pancakes, bacon and you can also use to cook over a campfire. Here are some easy-ish recipes to make make over a campfire- go beyond hot dogs and s’smores!
Recipe for Dessert Dumplings to Make Over Campfire
These dumpings cook in their own delicious sauce.
1 cup Bisquick ( or similar) biscuit mix
1 cup raisins ( optional - you can also use other dried fruit like chopped apricots, dates, etc)
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
1 egg lightlty beaten
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup milk
Topping
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups water
1/4 cup butter
This makes enough for about 6-8 people or 10 kids.
Combine biscuit mix with raisins and add nuts. In large bowl beat egg and add brown sugar, vanilla and milk. Stir egg mixture into dry ingredients and mix well.
In large skillet, combine topping ingrdients. auce ingredients; heat to boil. Add dumpling batter to sauce by tablespoonfuls. Cover with lid or foil and let simmer over low heat for about 25 minutes. You can make over hot coals or stovetop.
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Each night at the campfire Disney movies are shown on outdoor screen. The atmosphere is wonderful. You can bring you own hot dogs , marshmallows and S’more stuff to buy at the chuck wagon. In bust seasons they show 2 movies on Friday and Saturday/
Cost is free. Movies Start at 7:30. There is a camp fire sing-a- long with Chip and Dale starting at 6:30. Campfire open for roasting at 6pm. They rarely “stop” or cancel movies- even with light rain.
Schedule for Campfie Movies at Fort Wilderness July 2008
July 1 Home on the Range
July 2 Lilo and Stitch (PG)
July 3 Finding Nemo
July 4 National Treasure (PG)
July 5 Cars
July 6 Tarzan
July 7 National Treasure 2 (PG)
July 8 Ella Enchanted
July 9 The Jungle Book
July 1 The Little Mermaid
July 11 Freaky Friday (PG)
July 12 Ratatouille
July 13 11 Dalmatians
July 14 Enchanted
July 15 College Road Trip
July 16 Underdog
July 17 High School Musical
July 18 Meet the Robinsons
July 19 The Pacifier (PG)
July 20 Toy Story
July 21 The Game Plan (PG)
July 22 The Rescuers Down Under
July 23 Bedknobs and Broomsticks
July 24 Chicken Little
July 25 High School Musical 2
July 26 Herbie Fully Loaded
July 27 Peter Pan
July 28 The Parent Trap (PG)
July 29 Sword in the Stone
July 30 The Swiss Family Robinson
July 31 Mulan
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You can download manuals for you Thetford portable toilets ( porta potti for camping and trailer on the Thetford site, under their parts section
We have been using a porta potti for several years and it is a godsend, It is used at might for kids and in the rain… Only peeing is allowed. Don;t mean to be gross but couldn’t imagine other things being done in there and having in trailer.
I have found the Porta Potti easy to keep clean and store- if you have a Fleetwood pop up make sure you don’t get one that is too high to store!
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For those of you who don’t know- our family loves to ski (we are Canadian after all! ) . I grew up skiing and my dad was always going to Banff and Whistler to ski. many times he went to Europe ( not good for the marriage) and would go for a week or more with his ski buddies to places like Courchevel, France or Austria staying in a courchevel chalet . This drove my mom crazy- she wen t sking once wiht him and broke her leg.
The times I remember going with him were not that pleasant- my brothers and i were were left to fend for ourselves on the less dangerous hill while my dad tried to kill himself. I mostly remember never being able to find my dad and being freezing cold.
It isi a wonder i will even set foot on ski hill!
We love goin with kids and it is more about fun than thrills.
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Off on a mini holiday to one of our favorite areas in New York State, this time to Letchworth campground- near Castile.
Often referred to as the ” Grand Canyon of the East” because of its spectacular cliffs and lush forests.
The campground boasts lots of hiking trails which we love and you can also horseback ride. I think this may be expensive. When we have tried to go horseback riding at places like Alleghany we have been stunned at the high prices they charge.
The scenery is just gorgeous- you will not be disappointed.The bathrooms and amenities are not bad. In general I have found the facilities in American parks to be better than Ontario parks. Most Ontario parks have outhouses which I have never seen in American parks.
I am not sure about situation with bears this year. This is one reason my kids don’t like going to Alleghany- they get pretty freaked out by bear population and refuse to leave trailer after dark.
Will post pics when we return .
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It happens to me every year. I LOVE our Fleetwood Sun Valley and it suits our needs perfectly. With gas prices sky high I am pleased we went tih a pop up and not a full toe trailer. Having said that - every year I start boresing an dlooking at newere, bigger and so-called better RV’s. I can browse online for hours looking at local online ads and RVs for sale type sites.
They say you should by your second trailer first- meaning that many people buy their first trailer/RV - usually a folding trailer and then end up trading up a couple of years later.
At the time I wasn’t sure we would make it in a pop-up trailer over the long haul but we have been to Florida several times now and the longest we have stayed in our trailer has been 5 weeks. It does get a bit cramped sometimes but after looking a bigger models I can;t see how they would be any better. So, I guess we did buy our second trailer first.
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