Do not read this blog post if you are at all squeamish. I have started this post off with one of my favorite pictures – that way you will actually need to open and scroll down in this post to see the image that has the potential to make you run screaming. OK that my . . . Read More about Deer Flies
Archives for September 2016
Secret Lake in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park
I have a secret to tell you! Secret Lake isn’t a lake – it’s a pond. OK that may be a bit of an exaggeration – or maybe not. This is a newly opened “lake” in the Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park. I think the site was only about two years old at the time of . . . Read More about Secret Lake in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park
Got the T-Shirt
The Winey Camper t-shirts arrived just before our big summer trip. We ordered shirts for everyone – after spending a lot of time trying to decide on size and colour preference. I think we did pretty good – people seemed to like them OK. We did wear them on our trip but tried to bring . . . Read More about Got the T-Shirt
Peanut Butter Sauce & Udon Noodles
We arrived late to our site, too tired to cook and not very hungry for some reason. Perhaps it was the 40 degree temperature and high humidity. So we decided to switch our dinner with the lunch we had planned for the next day. This meant we had a hearty lunch of Peanut Butter Sauce . . . Read More about Peanut Butter Sauce & Udon Noodles
Moroccan Stew
This is one of our favorite camping meals. Simple to make, easy to dehydrate and gives you a restaurant quality meal in the forest. We had two short trips planned this summer so we made this “meal for 4” and vacuum sealed it into two packages. It is so yummy you don’t mind eating it . . . Read More about Moroccan Stew
Sangria
New discovery this year – Sangria. I never would have thought that we would be drinking Sangria on the 11th day of a back-country trip – but we were this year. The taste was amazing and it was fun putting it together. Recipe: Wine: White or Red Dehydrated Fruit: Any combination will do. Our favorite . . . Read More about Sangria