Brats on the Beach

 

Stuey and I spent most of last week camping on Afognak. The first 3 days were sunny and spectacular while the last few days were foggy 'by the woodstove in the teepee' type days. We both did a lot of reading (we each read 3 books!), hiking, soaking in our hot tub and - our favorite activity - cooking brats over a campfire on the beach.

We'd wake up in the morning to the bird calls and sea otter squeals. The oystercatchers and eagles were particularly noisy. Then it was breakfast on the woodstove. Stuey got his 4 eggs every day. Then we'd read a bit before going on a hike. One day we hike up along the edge of a ravine to the alpine. In the afternoon we'd have our brats on the beach and collect wood for the woodstove. Evening was dinner in the teepee and a soak in our 'red neck' hot tub (a tub filled with seawater and heated with a propane 'crab cooker' stove).

No internet, no phones - just us, the trees, the beach, the birds and the otters. Heaven.

Patrick

Hearty breakfasts

woodsmoke in the trees