Well, we have our third camping trip under our belt. Sorry, but you have to look at the slides from my vacation.
How to wash dishes:
(This was my dishpan. It’s a cereal bowl with hot water. My dish soap is in a tiny hand sanitizer bottle. I am ever so happy.)
How to dry dishes:
(Upside down grill, used to make toast, is an excellent drying rack.)
How to dry socks and shoes:
How to camp like a boss:
Let me tell you about these people. Lloyd and I arrived around 6:30 to our site and got our fire made and food eaten, then around 8:30 a group of college kids arrived. (We believe they were stoners. Less swearing and more jovial laughter than the drunks.) Around 9:30 – after the sun went down – a car pulled up and I wondered if more college kids had arrived, but no. A couple got out, left their lights on, assembled their tent in front of their cars, then walked the whole contraption down to the lake. They staked it and had their whole campsite set up in the dark within 20 minutes. It was a thing of beauty. Bonus? The college kids left.
My only regret is not taking pictures of the fire setup. It was also a thing of beauty, but a post for another day. Happy Sunday, everyone!
Brad says
I’m enjoying these camping trips. I can read about them from the comfort of my own home -- all the fun, and none of the hassle.
1) Did you make hot water on the fire just especially for dishwashing?
2) How did your shoes and socks get wet?
Deborah says
I would like to know, too.
Lauren says
The water in the larger pot that you returned to me (thank you very much!) is always heating. It is used for coffee and washing. The little pan on the left was used to cook scrambled eggs, and in the photo it has some water in it to start its washing process.
The grass is crazy wet with dew in the morning. Walking from the car to the campsite gets my shoes wet. They stayed mostly dry, but after breakfast the toes were soaked through, and the toes of my socks, too.
Lloyd says
It’s not that they were drinking in our camping spot. I’m sure we were camping in their drinking spot.