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Healthy Vegetarian Camping Food. ...happy in a raspberry patch in New Brunswick, Canada I am just settling back from a 10 day camping trip with my family and dear friends. We journeyed by car through New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec, camping all the way. We saw some spectacular spots! One of our favorites was Tadoussac (Quebec), where our campsite overlooked the spectacular, wide mouth of the St. Laurence River. 25 Tips For Making Camping Easier & More Fun! This is one of those posts that really has no rhyme or reason to it….other than it interested me!

25 Tips For Making Camping Easier & More Fun!

Maybe it’s the fact that my nephew Nate just bought a camper, or maybe it’s just that time of year, but for some reason I’ve had camping on the brain and I’ve seen a few very cool ideas recently that I thought if I WERE to go camping…I would probably take advantage of! :-) We actually don’t do much camping…but we love being outdoors and having bonfires in the backyard. Maybe we just need to take it to the next level. I think some of these ideas might just help us do that! Tacos in a Bag - Camping With Gus A quick camp meal with almost no clean-up, but lots of novelty, that your kids will be talking about long after the camping trip is over. Reading Lamp - Flickr.com A simple system that is easy on the eyes. Campfire Cones - Kids Activities Blog. Healthy Vegetarian Camping Food. InnerChildFun. For a FUN time, here’s how to make sponge bombs!

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Begin by cutting up ordinary household sponges into thirds, and wrapping an “ouchless” hair elastic around them…. Tip — Here is a quick video tutorial to demo how QUICK & easy these are to make! Grab a friend and a couple of buckets — each person kneels in front of a bucket filled to the top with water. The object of the game is to hurl the sponge bombs into each other’s buckets! Whoever gets the most in the other person’s bucket WINS!! Gather up all the sponge bombs and play again (and again)! This is a great way to beat the heat without using up a lot of water, and sponge bombs can be used and re-used all Summer long. Have fun!! Free Printable Want more fun craft ideas and activities??

Camping Dinner Recipes. I’ve talked to no less than five friends in the last two days who swear they hate camping. The bugs. The beds. The lack of decent mealtime eats. Well, we can’t help you with bugs and beds, but we sure can help with the food! 41 Camping Hacks That Are Borderline Genius. Camping Checklist, Preparing for Camping. 4.2K Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 39 Google+ 26 Reddit 0 StumbleUpon 4.1K LinkedIn 0 Email -- 4.2K Flares × I love camping!

Camping Checklist, Preparing for Camping

Ever since I was a little girl my family held a week long family camp out with my mom’s sisters and their families. It was always my favorite time of the year. 101 Camping Tips & Ideas. By Becca Don’t you just LOVE Summer?

101 Camping Tips & Ideas

The kids are out of school, the days are longer, and nights are warmer. A Campfire Cooking Primer. View gallery Enlarge Credit: Tara Donne If you hear "campfire cooking" and believe the best you can muster are warmed-up franks n' beans, or, on an ambitious day, weenies-on-a-stick, think again.

A Campfire Cooking Primer

The truth is, once you know the basics, campfire cooking is limited only to your culinary imagination. A quick tutorial on building a blaze and a sturdy cast iron skillet are all you need to begin reaping the smoky rewards of open-fire cuisine. In Our Campfire Cooking Primer: Next: A Fire-Building Mise en Place » Illustration: wollypear A Fire-Building Mise en Place Just as choosing the highest-quality ingredients for a recipe can make all the difference, so too, can the best campfires depend upon the kinds of materials you choose. Three Types of Fires and their uses: Now that you've collected all your materials, it's time to get the blaze going.

Photo: Tara Donne Tending the Flame for Cooking. Camping Dinner Recipes. 35+ Camping Tips, Tricks & Treats. Summer holidays are just around the corner and if you have a camping trip or two on your agenda, you might just find a new trick or two in this bunch!

35+ Camping Tips, Tricks & Treats

I’ve put together a list of projects and ideas to help around the campsite, a list of must-have home remedies (for poison ivy, mosquito bites, etc.), plus a bunch of fun ideas for cooking you might want to try this year…and don’t miss the old-timer’s fishing weather poem and dependable rope knot examples at the bottom of the page. Lots here and I’ll be adding more goodies to this page as I find them so you may want to bookmark it for future reference.