brian hill and dee power camping and travel adventures
I pack a couple of packages of dehydrated meals for those times when it’s too busy to cook while we’re camping. Since we had just set up camp and both Brian and I were tired I thought the cheesy potato soup would make a nice and easy dinner. These dehydrated meals take about an hour Continue Reading
No. but I made something just as good, Even in a Dutch oven it’s difficult to bake bread, biscuits yes… bread no. When I was growing up I spent every summer with my grandparents in Overlook, PA. My grandmother baked her own bread every week. As a special treat she’d roll out some leftover dough, Continue Reading
I kid you not. Camping near a small town, in this case, Tonto Basin/Punkin Center, is an interesting experience. Tonto Basin bills itself as where “The West Still Lives.” Small towns often have special events and celebrations and Tonto Basin is not exception. Easter Festival is coming up. One of the activities is Chicken Sh!t Continue Reading
When you visit small towns off the Interstate Highways you may come across unusual sights, such as a small — what looks to be private — grave yard. I’m not one of those people who likes to meander around looking at head stones and exclaiming over who is buried where and when. And because this Continue Reading
But not for long. Between the first and second week of March, don’t blink if you want to see spring in the Sonoran desert. It melts into summer heat that quickly. This year there were no swathes of shocking pink owl’s clover covering the hillsides or vivid orange and yellow California poppies under the Palo Continue Reading