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Roasted peaches, @Northern Dancer ? I have never tried roasting a peach, much less doing it over a campfire; but I do like the sound of the idea. All I see in your pictures is the roasted corn (which IS delicious, and I have done that); so maybe you can enlighten us more about how to roast...

That sounds like it is a really great place to camp, @Alexandoy , and that there is even edible fruit trees and other items makes it even better. I have heard of eating the fiddlehead ferns, and you eat the tips when they are still rolled up and small, and then they are tender enough to eat. We...

Most cell phones have good quality camera on them nowadays, at least the smartphones do. Unless you need to take very high quality photographs for some reason, just using your cell phone camera will give you a good enough picture to save and look back at the memories. Both my son and my...

I just downloaded one of those photo-scanning apps on my iPad and iPhone, and started scanning in some of the old photos that my folks took when I was a kid growing up, and some that were from way before I was even born. Mom had bunches of pictures of things like the San Diego Zoo, back in 1930...

I think that actual "camping out" in the woods or by a lake might be harder to do in some areas than it used to be back when I was growing up, or even when I was raising my children. Most lakes now have established campgrounds, with areas for parking, good roads to get there, and usually they...

I am in northern Alabama, so in almost the same kind of weather pattern that you have there in Tennessee, @killeroy154 . We brought in all of the plants that are cold sensitive, and it was down into the 20's here last night also. Your little basil plant seems to be doing just great ! I...

Oohhh.......CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY , my most favorite flavor ! ! Just the smell is intoxicating when I am bringing it home in the car. Would you believe that I actually thought about leaving a little packet of that coffee in my car so that it would always have that incredible, heavenly fragrance...

I was thinking that it was like a portable french press, too, @campforums . Combining that with a thermos cup is a great idea, not only for camping ; but for travelers it would be perfect as well. All you need is access to hot water, and you can have your favorite blend of coffee anytime you...

Mostly, we took along foods that were nutritious for the kids to snack on, and not something that would spoil their appetite for the regular meal. One of my favorite snacks to bring along when my kids were little was vienna sausages. Those little cans were lightweight and easy to pack along, and...

Overall, I probably ate around the same amount; but the big difference was how much better the food tastes when you are camping out by a lake somewhere and cooking over the campfire. My folks always went camping, so I grew up enjoying those weekends spent out camping. The breakfasts that my...

We always took along an old camping coffee pot similar to what Northern Dancer has in his picture. Actually, I had a whole little set of camping pots that stacked up inside of each other, and the handles were detachable and you could use the same handle on any of the pots. The coffee pot...

Thank you for asking about my health, @campforums ! My health is actually much better than it has been in many years. I will be turning 72 in a few months, and am healthier now than I was at 62. Not all of this is due to wearing a fitness tracker; but it has been a great part of my health and...

We also tried the mosquito bracelets and discovered the same thing...... the mosquitoes ignore them ! They might stop the mosquitoes from landing right where the bracelet is, but even if you put one on each arm and leg, I don't think that they would keep the mosquitoes away. We also got one...

It has been a hot summer here, too, and I have stayed inside during the heat of the day except for spend time outside swimming in our back yard smal swimming pool. It has definitely been a help in keeping cool, and we were able to use it right up until the end of September, and then it was just...

I am really happy with how mine works! I have a little graph that shows all of the steps that I take, and there is a place to enter other things, like when I am swimming. I also have a food app where I can log in what I am eating, and it shows me all of the nutrients, plus my carb, protein,fats...

When my folks went camping, we always just cooked over a campfire. Mom did bring along an old rack from an oven or a refrigerator (they had the same kind of racks back in those days). We would gather up rocks for around the fire, and then the rack went on top. She cooked with an ancient cast...

I just found a Jawbone UP24 on Amazon for under $20, and ordered that last week. I liked the Fitbug Orb clip-on; but sometimes, i would forget to wear it. I just love the Jawbone already! I wear it all the time, and it checks my sleeping as well as the steps, and then I can enter the info when I...

Yes, that was my thought exactly ! While I am thankful for the education that I received , there are just so many important things that we learn when we are interacting with our family, and with nature itself; that this is an invaluable part of our education, and one that we are more apt to use...

This is true; but if you are lost out in the woods somewhere, and there is no water nearby, eating a little snow at a time will help keep you hydrated . When I had livestock, I always kept a stock tank heater in the water during the cold winter months, so the horses could have warmer water to...

Since I started wearing my Fitbug Orb about a year ago, I really have developed a love for the little critter ! Now, whether I am doing yard work, or shopping for groceries at the local Kroger supermarket, I am also EXERCISING! You know, when you visit your doctor for a checkup, one of the main...