Adventures of Brian and Dee

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Cooking on the Go

When you’re camping you want to take everything you need and nothing more. We have a kitchen utility box with knives, pots and pans, cutlery, plates, bowls, wine glasses, propane stove and so forth. Three white plastic boxes hold the non-perishable food: one for canned goods, one for staples like flour and sugar and one Continue Reading

Packing the Car

When you’re camping for a long weekend you pretty much throw stuff in the car helter skelter and figure whatever you don’t have you’ll either do without or buy at the nearest store. Not so when you camp for weeks at a time. After forgetting the pillows, first aid trip, air mattress and warm sweatshirts Continue Reading

On the Road, Reading and Writing

We’re back at Roosevelt Lake. The wind is finally over and the tent stayed up. The weather is sunny, with a light breeze and on the warm side. It’s lovely reading and writing weather. That stack of books is what we took with us. They’re all second hand. We’ll drop them off at local libraries Continue Reading

Winter Camping Part II — More Cold Weather and More Interesting Characters

In early January we had our first winter camping adventure, and went on another one in early February, this time to one of our favorite spots, lovely and grand Roosevelt Lake north and east of Scottsdale, Arizona. The ride up was memorable because of the transformation of the desert, due to winter rains, since the Continue Reading