No camping, camping trip

[Cheryl in SD]

Saturday I am arranging a no camping, camping trip for my dh's family. Normally once a year we go camping and spend 2-3 nights. The first night we work to get ready to go, get there, get set up, eat & crash into bed. The next day we make our traditional family breakfast of Bullseyes, bacon and cinnamon rolls. Then we lay around & moan from over eating. Then we make lunch, usually hamburgers on the fire, take a nap, kids play in creek. Then we cook supper, Hilly Billy Hot Dogs or Hobo Stew and cclean up, then sit around, tell stories, roast marshmallows, sing a few songs. Then we fall into bed, get up the next morning and pack it all up & go home. Sooooo, I decided the part we enjoy is the middle day, the breakfast, lunch, dinner & laying around talking, & enjoying each other. Not one of the adults really enjoys the setting up camp, tearing down, or sleeping on the ground. So, why do we need to do the part we don't like? Saturday is therefore our first no camping, camping trip. Perhaps we will all actually enjoy it and have the day off to relax!

[Cabin Fever]

So what you're saying is, your 3-day camping trip is now going to be a 12-hour picnic...right?

[Wisconsin Ann]

Originally Posted by Cabin Fever

So what you're saying is, your 3-day camping trip is now going to be a 12-hour picnic...right?

With a 6 hour snooze before going to bed

Sounds great to me. Put the kids out back with a tent and some lanterns, sleeping bags, and their own campfire for marshmallows and smores.

[beaglebiz]

Whats a Bull'seye, how do you make cinnamon buns camping (we are going to Welsely Island state park in 1000 islands NY next week)
What are hillbilly hotdogs and hobo stew

[Grandmotherbear]

Hobo Stew is a square of aluminum foil upon which you arrange from various offerings whatever you feel like- typically ground beef or chunked chicken, diced potatoes, onions, carrots, garlic, apples, raisins, butter, seasonings, then you fold over the aluminum foil to make an envelope and deposit it upon hot coals to cook.
Needs turning about 15-20 minutes into the cooking and then another 10-20 minutes to finish depending upon how big your foil envelope is.
I want to know about Bullseyes, myself.
Have fun in the 1000 islands!

[Melissa]

I hate to camp out. I hate getting the stuff ready, all the blankets, sleeping bags and junk you have to haul, and washing everything when you get home. Then you have to sleep on the hard ground. So I think your idea is a great one!

[chickenmommy]

I'm with Melissa. No sleeping bag for this girl. I camp at the Omni or Renaissance or somewhere that has room service. I need a bed if I expect to be able to stand the next day. And I need room service if you want me to be nice to you

[Peacock]

Heehee...that's why we bought the camper!!!

There are just some things you can't, or won't do at home. I know that if we stayed home and said "we're having a no-camping camping trip..." or a "staycation" as they call it, DH would find chores he had to do, the kids would just do their normal stuff. It just wouldn't work.

I like having a change of scenery. I like having my friends around for a couple days' worth of communal meals and feeling like I'm on neutral ground so nobody is really the "host."

I also like traveling! Not much of that this year, but next year we've got a couple big trips planned, including one to Hatteras Island in NC.

BTW Hobo Dinners is one of the meals that the GS tried to cook last weekend and the one I finally had to scrape into a bowl and microwave. It was good after that, with a bunch of hot sauce!

Also don't forget the Brown Bears and Banana Boats!

[Melissa]

We did have an old camper when we were kids. One of those that was a converted bread truck. I didn't like that either- got a little crowded with six people in there. We used to camp for a week at a time when we were kids. Pitched the tent (before we got the camper) and cooked everything over an open fire. It usually rained- a lot. I have very few good memories of camping...

[Triffin]

Just a guess, but I think a bullseye is an
egg fried in a piece of bread with a hole
in the middle to accomodate the egg ..

Triff ..

[Cheryl in SD]

Sil brings cinnamon rolls (her are hands down the best in the USA), bullseyes are eggs cooked sunny side up with panke batter cooked in a circle around them, you need a BIG spatula or two people to turn them. Hill Billy Hot Dogs are bun, hotdog cut in half lengthwise, topped with chili, cheddar cheese, & coleslaw. YUM!

[Wisconsin Ann]

The hill billy hot dog got me to thinking of my favorite way to cook hotdogs, and by gum, I'm gonna share!

Hot dog, with a slit cut into it..not all the way to the ends..like a pocket. Cheddar or swiss cheese in that pocket. Wrap the whole thing in bacon. Grill or bake.

MMMMmmmmm. I need to go buy hotdogs.

[Cheryl in SD]

Those do soung yummy, Ann!

[snoozy]

A cruise line donated a cruiseship's worth of foam mattresses to a church, and the church offered them up on craigslist to anyone who needed them. I took a few to replace the futon on my couch. Now when I go car camping, I take them for mattresses. OH WHAT A DIFFERENCE THEY MAKE!! 6 inches thick firm foam! No princesses and the pea need worry! I highly recommend them for wonderful camping trips

[clovis]

I used to live to camp. Live to camp, camp to live was my motto, LOL.

The best way to camp is to go as simple as possible, IMO.

To each their own, but sometimes I shake my head when I see folks bring along every concievable item that will fit into their vehicle. It is often quite comical to me. I have seen folks bring along good sized TV's while they tent camp, and enough firewood to heat a 3,000 square foot house.

Simple is best whenever possible.

[beaglebiz]

Originally Posted by Triffin

Just a guess, but I think a bullseye is an
egg fried in a piece of bread with a hole
in the middle to accomodate the egg ..

Triff ..

we call this a "bird in the nest"

Im with Clovis, less is more, because you cant find half of what you packed because there is too much stuff...