The Leaning Tower of Potatoes

April 27, 2025 On Wednesday (April 23), with some minor help from Bruce, I built two potato towers. I had some 4 feet tall chicken wire that I used for the tower. Bruce cut the chicken wire into 2 six feet lengths. On each length, he fastened the two ends together. This produced two tall […]

Campfire and Hotdogs and Marshmallows Cooked Over the Coals

June 1, 2024 On April 29, we decided to sit outside and have a campfire in the lovely weather. Bruce got the campfire going. We enjoyed watching it while we sat in our camp chairs listening to the sound of the cicadas. Our next door neighbors had hitched up their RV and headed home, so […]

Cooking with a Campfire

March 17, 2024 While in Flat Creek Family Campground and RV Park, we had a couple of campfires. The first campfire, we roasted hotdogs and marshmallows over it. The second campfire, I placed an aluminum foil packet of a sliced onion and red bell pepper with Berber spice mix and a drizzle of olive oil […]

Roasting Hotdogs in the Campfire

February 16, 2024 Flat Creek Family Campground and RV Park has nice fire rings and picnic tables at the camp sites. Since we had a nice fire ring and pleasant weather, we decided to have a campfire. On February 7, we bought hotdogs in anticipation of roasting them over a campfire. Bruce started to put […]

Lemon and Poppyseed Sourdough Nondairy Waffles

Bruce loves the lemon and poppyseed combination, so I thought I would make lemon and poppyseed waffles for breakfast this morning. This recipe is based on the King Arthur Sourdough Pancake or Waffles recipe. Serves 8

Banana Almond Muffins

This recipe is a modification of the banana muffin recipe from “The Fruit Kitchen” by Emma Summer. I made these for breakfast and we had some for dessert at supper. Makes 12 Muffins

Caveman Roast Pepper Salad

Having watched a Steven Raichlen’s “Project Fire” show, where he cooked peppers and onions directly on coals of a wood fire for a salsa, I thought it would be fun to try it cooking vegetables directly on coals. I made a salad using Caveman cooked vegetables. I was very pleased with how the salad came […]

Retirement RV Dream

Hi, I’m Julia, and I’m planning on retiring on 4/3/2021. My husband, Bruce, is already retired and we are planning to go full-time RVing around the United States and Canada. We may also go into Mexico as well. We are also going to be looking for a good place to settle if we get tired […]