Adventures of Brian and Dee

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Sleeping On a Cloud

When you’re camping it’s not any fun to sleep on the ground even if you have a snuggy warm sleeping bag. But that’s what happened on our last trip. We inflated the new air mattress and looked forward to a comfortable night’s sleep, which was not to be. Around 1:00 AM we woke up on Continue Reading

Can You Hear the Quiet?

When you’re in the city or even just a suburban neighborhood you’re surrounded by noise that you don’t even notice. The refrigerator hums on, the washing machine swishes, the air conditioning buzzes, cars rattle down the street, the next door neighbors chat. It’s different out in the forest, woods, or lake when you’re camping. Unless Continue Reading

Never Cook Bacon With Potatoes While Camping

It sounds like a good idea, but trust me it’s not. It’s amazing how fast we go through a can of propane. You know those green ones? So I thought I would cook the bacon and the potatoes together to save time. The bacon would get all crispy while the potatoes turned golden brown. Right? Continue Reading

Being Beautiful is a Challenge Anytime but Camping?

Okay, maybe not beautiful but how about reasonably presentable? Remember we’re in a tent so we don’t have electricity. Now we could get solar panels but we don’t have them right now. This means no hair dryer or curler. If I want to wash my hair I have to heat about two gallons of water Continue Reading

Spectacular Moonlight at Roosevelt Lake–And Some of the Unusual Characters We’ve Met

One of our favorite spots to go camping in Arizona is Roosevelt Lake in the Tonto National Forest, east and north of Scottsdale. We stay at Cholla Campground, which has spacious and plentiful campsites, nice bathrooms and solar heated showers. This time we were there during the period when the moon appeared extra large around Continue Reading