First Camping Trip of 2012

I love camping and wish we could go more often. However, the Pacific Northwest isn't as conducive to year-round camping as Southern California where I grew up. It's also just too easy to get caught up in day-to-day living and think that there just isn't enough time to camp. These days, I just don't let that happen.

I have a good friend, Lynn, who is my camping buddy. She is determined to camp at least once a month during late spring and summer. It's a good thing, too; she keeps me on the ball so that we get our plans made before spring is half way gone.


We already had one "camp" experience this year but Lynn got most of the "experience". She came to our home and camped with her kids in the yard for a week. My #4 son got some tent time in but the rest of my crew (including me) slept in our beds. Lynn and crew were troopers though because even though it rained a lot of the time, they all slept in their tents. While they were here we made tamales, did yard work and moved wood along with lots of playing. I still needed to work so 3 different nights, I just did my shift and came home to fun.


Next week, we are going to Alsea Falls. We have never camped here before so I am very excited to see what it is like. I hope this is a place we love to return to! We will be going with Lynn's crew and another family, minus husbands. I will only have #3 & #4 sons with me. I plan the dinner menu for my buddy and I since we share a site and try to do most the cooking since she has toddlers to run after. Here is our menu and shopping list (it's not formatted pretty anymore. I'm a novice and can only do that in MicrosoftWord):

  Maybe I'll even write up a post after we get home and let you know how it all went!

Menu

Breakfasts:

Cereal & milk

Eggs (hb, fried, etc)

Bagels

Chorizo & taters

Lunches:

Hot dogs

Chili

Tuna Salad

Egg Salad

Lunch Meat

PB&J/H

Snacks:

Mellon

Apples

Oranges

Crackers & Cheese

Chips

Granola bars

Desserts:

S’mores

Pudding

Cookies

Suppers:

Monday: Taco Salad

Tuesday: Chickened Rice-a-Roni, salad, broccoli

Wednesday: Hamburger stroganoff on noodles, carrots, salad

Thursday: Tuna Patties, baked potatoes, broccoli

Friday: Polish sausages, mac-n-cheese, whatever is left

Food List

Doritos x3

Chili x8

Cheddar Cheese 4#

String cheese big bag

Swiss cheese 1#

Cream cheese 8x

Lettuce x9 romaine

Tomatoes x15

Avocados x12

Onions x3 bunches

Sour cream x3 lg

El pato x1

Olives x3

Chicken breast, cooked x6

Rice a roni x3

Butter 3#

Dressing x1 lg. bleu chs

Broccoli x2 meals

Hamburger 2#

Onion soup mix xjar (home)

Mushroom soup x3

Noodles x1 lg.

Carrots 3#

Tuna 8cans

Saltine Crackers

Cheese Its reg

Cheese Its pepper jack

Cheese Its parmesan

Ritz

Butter crackers

Eggs 3 dzn

Onion powder

Garlic powder

Season salt

Pepper

Salt

Oil

Polish dogs x1

Hot dogs x4

Buns x6

Mustard

Ketchup

Mayo

Bbq sauce

Pickles b&b

Mac-n-cheese x3

Potatoes 12 bakers

Graham crackers x2

Marshmallows x2

Chocolate x12

Pudding mix x4

Milk 2 gal.

Powdered milk

Cookies 6pkg

Bread x3

Egg salad

Tuna salad

Peanut butter

Honey

Jam

Cereal x3

Chorizo 1#

Tortillas 24 pk

Bagels x6 Asiago

Bagels x6 jalapeno/cheddar

Melon cantaloupe x2

Watermelon

Apples x9

Oranges x6

Granola bars x4

Chips x2

Mom’s drink mix x2

H/d foil

Hot cocoa

Tea

Tang

TP

Trash bags