The folks were antsy to get out today. Where to go? To a public area where the kids could swim, and we could fight the masses for a picnic table? Or to our own little slice of private woods? The vote was to go to one of our favorite family camp sites at Frozen Head State Park. It is 0.6 miles walk in from the parking lot, a nice, large area under the canopy for camping, next to a nice stream. It was another postcard day in east TN, with clear, blue skies and low humidity. I could get used to this.
The stream is dry except for shallow pools.
My daughter starting the fire. OK, she used a cotton ball with PJ, but she did use a fire steel, which is just a blur in her hand as she reaches for tinder right after getting the cotton to take a spark.
First course: hot dogs, simple fare, but always taste better over a fire (we really should have made hobo dinners, but this was on short notice).
Banana boats, which I don't really care for, but some do. This one was a mess. Sliced banana with chocolate and marshmallow, heated until the latter two melt.
Apples, roasted, then peel the skin, dip in sugar + cinnamon, then roast again to caramelize the sugar. Very good.
Apples diced and cooked over the coals with sugar & cinnamon. Yummy.
While we were sitting around the campfire talking, a couple of visitors wandered into camp. It was dim under the canopy, and I had trouble holding the camera still for the long exposure.
The stream is dry except for shallow pools.
My daughter starting the fire. OK, she used a cotton ball with PJ, but she did use a fire steel, which is just a blur in her hand as she reaches for tinder right after getting the cotton to take a spark.
First course: hot dogs, simple fare, but always taste better over a fire (we really should have made hobo dinners, but this was on short notice).
Banana boats, which I don't really care for, but some do. This one was a mess. Sliced banana with chocolate and marshmallow, heated until the latter two melt.
Apples, roasted, then peel the skin, dip in sugar + cinnamon, then roast again to caramelize the sugar. Very good.
Apples diced and cooked over the coals with sugar & cinnamon. Yummy.
While we were sitting around the campfire talking, a couple of visitors wandered into camp. It was dim under the canopy, and I had trouble holding the camera still for the long exposure.
