Camping in Cayuga with the grands

First there was swimming...

 Then there was roasting marshmallows......

 Really HUGE marshmallows

 Connor couldn't decide between roasted and raw...

Had a great time. 

Too short.

Reusing the same embellishment on other layouts

Its not like a rule or anything.

And its a different color.

And it works.

So why not?

Since breaking into my diecuts again, I've been having a good time with them.

And if you'll notice the circles (cookie cutters and I just LOVE).

Anyway I liked the way they were on this page 

kind of like a bullseye. 

As I shuffled with these 8 pix around on several different pages
for days (drama much) because honestly a lot of photos baffle me
and so do 2 page layouts which this one is not, I had an extra circle element
and tossed in the corner and it looked great - the color wasn't right
but it was perfect for the space.
Also not alot of call for tree trunks and you'll be very impressed on
how I worked in those 2.
Of course there was no room for journaling so I called on
my linguistic skills of just getting to the point and not rambling.
It worked. For the most part.

The majority is Echo Park - I picked up the Capture Life pack
and the tree trunks, labels, enamel dots and wooden arrows are Studio Calico and an
Evalicious button to finish it up.

We had the best time at the campground with the kids.
There was a playground to hang out on and we were able to build
a lovely campfire for hot dogs and marshmellows.
Doesn't get any better than that.

Building a cooking campfire

On this camping adventure - it was 2 full weeks together,

we did a lot of camp cooking and we

ate well, very well.

The Mr. is the campfire cook - I just sit back and admire.

First he stuffs the bottom of the stove pipe with paper. Lots of paper.

He then sets it in our volcano grill and pours the charcol in the top.

AD alert......

We stumbled upon this volcano grill at camping world and after much debate snapped it up.

As you can see its very compact and easy to store. It all packs in that bag - ours is square in a 12x12x6 size. You can also use it 3 ways - propane, charcol and wood. We love having choices while camping and when its this easy to use, store and pull out - we use so much we purchased a second one in case they go off the market someday.

Highly recommend this grill.

You then light the paper that's on the bottom of the stove pipe (stove pipe - is separate from the grill).

And wait. And wait.

Until the charcol burns down to the perfect heat. Unless you're really really hungry you may jump the gun. Once the coals are were you want them to be heat wise.

You dump them into the grill. Spread them out. And wait for the fire to wane.

 Add your wonderfully made burgers and watch impatiently as they are grilled to perfection.

 AND

We also purchased the induction cooktop (as shown on TV-lol).

Onions, garlic and mushrooms. 

It smells as wonderful as it looks.

Another best.investment.ever. for camping. We (or I should just say the Mr) plug it in outside (weather permitting). 

It heats up fast and steady and is perfect for sauteing veggies, bacon, eggs. 

Also if weather not permitting its good to use inside as well.

WE USE IT ALOT TOO.

Torreya State Park

Yay!!! The RV is finally fixed so we headed north to see our favorite youngest son. That is the view from our campsite. It was beautiful and peaceful. This is on our list to return. The only downside was that the sites were kinda tight and there was no privacy. However, we did scope out a couple of primo sites that will fit that bill for next time.

Tom and Shane watching orange peel sizzle when touched by a flame. Like that needed to be shared. Males.

Beautiful dogwood flowers. It was startling amongst the brown and dead leaves and wood.

Me & Tom enjoying the shade.

Shane and I went on a nature hike. This is the only flower we saw except for a bird that was too fast to be identified; the rest was woods.

Males tending the fire and I'm good with that as I was inside nuking some potatoes and mac and cheese. LOL. The modern joys of camping colliding with a charcol campfire. The smells were amazing. 

Twas a great day!

It was great to be off-line - there was no internet service and extremely dicey cell.