Comments on: Gearing Up for Spring Camping http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2009/11/16/gearing-up-for-spring-camping/ My view of life from the linoleum. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:28:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kalee http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2009/11/16/gearing-up-for-spring-camping/#comment-20133 Kalee Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:35:50 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/?p=2632#comment-20133 All you need for coffee is an aluminum stove top percolator, which can also be used over a fire. Brews very nice coffee and you can find a ton on vintage ones on etsy (we have my grandmother's one and it works fantastically). All you need for coffee is an aluminum stove top percolator, which can also be used over a fire. Brews very nice coffee and you can find a ton on vintage ones on etsy (we have my grandmother’s one and it works fantastically).

]]> By: RockyMomma http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2009/11/16/gearing-up-for-spring-camping/#comment-20130 RockyMomma Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:07:45 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/?p=2632#comment-20130 I have an idea for your camping trip. To reward yourself and supply the coffee, you should hire the Cosmic Cafe coffee bar. It is a decked out airstream that supplies fancy coffee drinks. I believe they supply the greater Orlando and Armpit area. It might get you through the weekend. I have an idea for your camping trip. To reward yourself and supply the coffee, you should hire the Cosmic Cafe coffee bar. It is a decked out airstream that supplies fancy coffee drinks. I believe they supply the greater Orlando and Armpit area. It might get you through the weekend.

]]> By: Shannon http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2009/11/16/gearing-up-for-spring-camping/#comment-20120 Shannon Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:38:12 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/?p=2632#comment-20120 OK first off they have mobile homes at Ft. Wilderness, so seriously, you don't have to really "CAMP" there. And those mobile home thingies? They have coffeemakers in them. Or at least plugs. SO there you go. My one and only camping tip. Oh, wait, I have 2! Take a flask. You never know when you might need some Jack Daniels. For medicinal purposes. Like pouring on gaping wounds and snakebites, of course. OK first off they have mobile homes at Ft. Wilderness, so seriously, you don’t have to really “CAMP” there. And those mobile home thingies? They have coffeemakers in them. Or at least plugs. SO there you go. My one and only camping tip.

Oh, wait, I have 2! Take a flask. You never know when you might need some Jack Daniels. For medicinal purposes. Like pouring on gaping wounds and snakebites, of course.

]]> By: SueAnne http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2009/11/16/gearing-up-for-spring-camping/#comment-20119 SueAnne Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:58:15 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/?p=2632#comment-20119 One thing we do is take a large box of those dry baby wash cloths - the ones that you run under the faucett to get them to soap up. It's so much neater than bars of soap and wash cloths. I also always take the coffee pot. Even when we tent camp we have outlets and running water at our site. I also take the roaster oven ( you can bake anything in there that you can make in an oven ) and I take our crock pot. We do still grill, but I take the other appliances as well. One thing we do is take a large box of those dry baby wash cloths – the ones that you run under the faucett to get them to soap up. It’s so much neater than bars of soap and wash cloths.
I also always take the coffee pot. Even when we tent camp we have outlets and running water at our site. I also take the roaster oven ( you can bake anything in there that you can make in an oven ) and I take our crock pot. We do still grill, but I take the other appliances as well.

]]> By: rrmama http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2009/11/16/gearing-up-for-spring-camping/#comment-20118 rrmama Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:32:31 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/?p=2632#comment-20118 Seriously, no coffee maker??? What were they thinking, oh wait clearly they weren't Seriously, no coffee maker??? What were they thinking, oh wait clearly they weren’t

]]> By: Nancy http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2009/11/16/gearing-up-for-spring-camping/#comment-20117 Nancy Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:21:29 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/?p=2632#comment-20117 I have done all forms of "camping" from log cabins/motor coaches to hard core carry everything on your back and canoe in where no other human is. The only way to have a good packing list is to ask somebody who has camped there before. For example on a "real" trip you gotta carry it in/out so pack VERY light. When you're going with the kids and the car is right there---bring everything: first aid kits, extra snacks, tums, blankets, a hidden dollop of medicinal wine-I mean cough syrup, etc...As far as the "why" well, if you go somewhere people haven't gone, you'll see things other people haven't seen. I've seen wildlife up close, like a moose with her calf, and northern lights so bright it looked like the entire sky was burning up in psychdelic fire. I've tasted water so pure you can scoop up a cup right out of a lake and drink it. If you get past the bugs (think DEET and LOTS of it!) and sleeping on the ground-- the pay off is memories that last a lifetime and occasionally sights few people will ever see. Good luck! I have done all forms of “camping” from log cabins/motor coaches to hard core carry everything on your back and canoe in where no other human is. The only way to have a good packing list is to ask somebody who has camped there before. For example on a “real” trip you gotta carry it in/out so pack VERY light. When you’re going with the kids and the car is right there—bring everything: first aid kits, extra snacks, tums, blankets, a hidden dollop of medicinal wine-I mean cough syrup, etc…As far as the “why” well, if you go somewhere people haven’t gone, you’ll see things other people haven’t seen. I’ve seen wildlife up close, like a moose with her calf, and northern lights so bright it looked like the entire sky was burning up in psychdelic fire. I’ve tasted water so pure you can scoop up a cup right out of a lake and drink it. If you get past the bugs (think DEET and LOTS of it!) and sleeping on the ground– the pay off is memories that last a lifetime and occasionally sights few people will ever see. Good luck!

]]> By: Virginia http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2009/11/16/gearing-up-for-spring-camping/#comment-20116 Virginia Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:59:26 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/?p=2632#comment-20116 You are simply amazing. My idea of "roughing it" (aka camping) is the Super 8 instead of the Hilton. One cannot understate the need for air mattresses. The ground is just darn uncomfortable. And don't forget the down comforters. Coffee, cowboy coffee is best and you can make it over a camp fire. Metal coffee pot (not thermos), water and coffee grounds. Yummy!! You are simply amazing. My idea of “roughing it” (aka camping) is the Super 8 instead of the Hilton.

One cannot understate the need for air mattresses. The ground is just darn uncomfortable. And don’t forget the down comforters.

Coffee, cowboy coffee is best and you can make it over a camp fire. Metal coffee pot (not thermos), water and coffee grounds. Yummy!!

]]> By: Steffj89 http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2009/11/16/gearing-up-for-spring-camping/#comment-20115 Steffj89 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:51:59 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/?p=2632#comment-20115 worst case get yourself a power inverter for the cig lighter in your vehicle. then waaa la....a plug for the coffee maker. my biggest tip is pack everything that you think you need and then take half of it away. Steff worst case get yourself a power inverter for the cig lighter in your vehicle. then waaa la….a plug for the coffee maker.

my biggest tip is pack everything that you think you need and then take half of it away.
Steff

]]> By: Sherri http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2009/11/16/gearing-up-for-spring-camping/#comment-20114 Sherri Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:03:37 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/?p=2632#comment-20114 I just heard a pastor recently telling that the best parenting advice he ever received was going on camping trips. His kids are grown now, and those were the best memories they had, even though they were messy & disasterous. So, maybe there is some method in that madness :) I just heard a pastor recently telling that the best parenting advice he ever received was going on camping trips. His kids are grown now, and those were the best memories they had, even though they were messy & disasterous. So, maybe there is some method in that madness :)

]]> By: Lynda Myer http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2009/11/16/gearing-up-for-spring-camping/#comment-20113 Lynda Myer Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:09 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/?p=2632#comment-20113 I remember camping... (I don't do spiders and bugs) and you would think my husband would know this by now. I try to tell them this... (why do people think it imperative that we experience [again] something we know we do not enjoy?!) So, I packed the largest can of Lysol I could find and sprayed anything that crawled or flew within a ten foot radius of anywhere I went. Mother Nature took a hike far, far away. Lysol rules. I remember camping… (I don’t do spiders and bugs) and you would think my husband would know this by now. I try to tell them this… (why do people think it imperative that we experience [again] something we know we do not enjoy?!) So, I packed the largest can of Lysol I could find and sprayed anything that crawled or flew within a ten foot radius of anywhere I went.
Mother Nature took a hike far, far away. Lysol rules.

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