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DIY Campfire Starter
We probably don’t get to enjoy as many campfires as most campers but I like to be ready, just in case. In the past, Fred relied on old newspapers. The problem is we don’t often have newspapers laying around the motorhome. So, I will make up several of these campfire starters – descriptions follow. You’ll Read More >>
Tips for Better Photo Memories
This article was published some eight years ago. The tips given are still valid and might be helpful for your photo taking this time of year. ******************************************************** I was going through several photo albums the other day of my children. It’s hard to believe they have children of their own. The photos bring back a Read More >>
Fire!!! Got a plan?
There doesn’t seem to be an end to the misery folks in California are going through with all these horrible fires. So many missing. So many dead. So many homes gone. So many acres destroyed. My heart aches for all those people and what they must be going through wondering about loved ones. When Fred Read More >>
Cooking at Elevation – tips and tricks
I read a cookbook like some people read a Tom Clancey or Stephen King novel. But none of my reading prepared me for cooking at elevation. Under-cooked chicken, over-cooked peas, gravy best suited for pothole repair, and biscuits that should have been registered with the local police authorities as weapons are a few of the Read More >>
DIY Camper’s Cleaning Aids
For me, camping isn’t a vacation from cleaning. I have a stash of cleaning aids to help me. All are DIY (do it yourself) and most use the same products. Now, I don’t mind getting dirty. Personally, I like playing in mud but I draw the line at living in a dirty place. Part of Read More >>
Lots of new photo albums
We have thousands of individual photos on our Pictures page. However, to streamline viewing we have started composing “photo albums.” Each album is a grouping of photographs of the album’s subject. Some albums are small while others are large. A lot has to do with the things like time of day, weather conditions, and subject Read More >>
AZ Hwy Photo tips
I’m not a professional photographer but do I enjoy trying. That is why one of the Arizona Highway features I read faithfully is The Journal – Photography. In the April 2010 issue was a brief question and answer piece with Bruce D. Taubert. (Not familiar with the name? Take a look at his work and Read More >>
Why are there national forests?
Why do we have national forest? The need for national forests, known in the beginning as Reserves, was recognized as the industrial age destroyed our land and watershed. It may be hard for us today to envision the area now known as George Washington-Thomas Jefferson National Forests as bare and treeless and dotted with unproductive Read More >>
Guidelines for Disperse camping
There are basically two types of camping in your national forests. You can camp in a developed campground or disperse camp outside developed campgrounds. One difference between the two is there is often a fee to camp in a campground and none if you disperse camp. Also when you disperse camp there are no facilities, Read More >>
Morel Mushrooms – yummy
As a results of last year’s 41 Complex and Saddle Complex wildfires, which burned more than 47,000 acres on the Bitterroot and Salmon-Challis national forests, conditions are expected to provide a bounty of morels mushroom. This means you, private citizen, can pick up to five gallon per day or 20 gallon for the season of Read More >>
