I started marinating a couple steaks about noon today with the intent of grilling them over a camp fire. I started a fire, it smoldered for a few minutes, as I expected, then flames burst forth. And the first drops of rain hit my head.
Welcome to the East Coast, I suppose.
I guess there is the faint promise of another day, on the bright side.
Today I took one of the benches of the dinette and the lower bunk out of my RV. It made more room for me to sit at my computer and room for the washing machine. I’m going to add a small storage space for cooking gear, as that is what was under the bench and…
I woke up this morning and took a brief walk around camp. I wanted to make a picture of Thomas Bay with the overcast morning light. I’m going to sit outside now with a cup of coffee and enjoy the morning. Today I intend to take the free Bar Harbor shuttle around and see the…
This is the most level I have ever been at a campsite. Welcome to Bar Harbor, Maine. I will be staying here for the next 12 days. I am getting really good at positioning the trailer and getting it level fast. My total setup time was less then 1 hour here. I am meeting some…
I have never cooked spaghetti before in my life. Tonight we can no longer say that. I am now a spaghetti chef. It took about 3 hours to make the meat sauce, then 10 minutes to boil the spaghetti and 5 minutes to eat it. I did it all outside on a picnic table. I…
Last night I cooked my first dinner over a campfire since I was in Boy Scouts. I grilled steak and baked potatoes. It took about 45 minutes, after starting the fire and getting some good coals. I marinated the steak in Coke Cola for the entire day before. The potatoes were washed and wrapped in…
Hershey, PA, Chocolate World. $70 of dark chocolate later and I am now fat again. I was looking for somthing to do on Sunday the 5th of September, 2025. I knew that there was a town called Hershey, PA. I knew it becuase the largest RV show “in the world” just wrapped up there. Little…