Camp Cooking and Sunsets on the 'Deck'

SPAM later added to the cooked nettles(appetizer), and the beginnings of dinner (right) - later I'll add pasta or rice (and morels)

We ate pretty well on our trip.  Lots of pasta and rice meals.  I brought along a huge packet of dried morels collected by Ray on the Kenai Peninsula, and lots of fresh garlic from the garden to liven things up.  The morels in particular made the meals seem tres gourmet.  But one of the hit meals was the lowly SPAM cooked with nettles.  I think Ray and Mike were a little skeptical of SPAM, but on the deck in the sunshine as a pre dinner appetizer it was a HUGE hit.

On this trip, for the first time, we brought camp chairs.  I think the biggest plus from this addition is that We could sit outside and watch the sun set.  The chairs only weigh a pound and so were well worth the weight.  Nothing like wicky in the sunshine by a gurgling river.  Patrick

Garlic from the garden

Nettles found near camp

Nettles and SPAM on the deck

Enjoying the sunset - wicky hour

Going

Gone