And our aggressive camp host came right over and wanted to know if we planned to sleep in the screen house.... Well no, it might be a little cold with no canvas sides and only the screen fabric....
What she didn't say was that you can only have one camping structure on a camp site, and having a tent and a travel trailer requires a second campsite and more money....
By mid afternoon the football game started and the kids were keeping our sons busy in the field behind our rigs.... I think the dads got more of a work out than they expected....
Sammy the golden retriever seems to have himself all tangled around that tree, but is more interested in why he can't participate in the football fun out in the back...
But after yarping a couple of times he attracted Delaney to come get him free.... And open up with some of that loving he craves...
And tonight we had our family favorite meal again which is Bar Be Cue, which tonight is take out from the famous Oklahoma Joe's in Kansas City.... They have three places in KCK and we had several racks of ribs along with pulled pork, beans, cheesy corn, and Loyce made some cole slaw....
They had a mild sauce and then some hotter n heck stuff... Night of the Living made from chipotle peppers.. There are other sauces too but our family was struggling with the Night of the Living stuff...
Then to top it all off, son Chris made the Apple Cobbler... In the cast iron dutch oven.... Its kind of an apple dump cake, but with other ingredients that he won't tell about.... There was a bottle of coke on the table where he was mixing the stuff....
It took about an hour to cook this concoction with the charcoal on top and underneath the oven... And when the lid came off the steam just rolled from the cast iron pot... Nicely browned without a single burned spot and the apples were caramelized until almost candy like...
The French Vanilla ice cream melted as it hit the warm bowls... Dear where's my diabetes pills???
The kids are watching a movie in one of the trailers for the 10,000th time and we adults are sitting next to the open campfire as I type this....
Our last official campfire of the 2012 season.... The stories are spinning, but most of us have heard it all before.....
Uh, man am I full!!!!
Retired Rod
What a feast!
ReplyDeleteBefore I get the question, here is the cheesy corn recipe...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/JACK-STACK-CHEESY-CORN-BAKE-1276881
I think I can imagine my reaction to the "aggressive camp host".
ReplyDeleteIt would go something like this: "Well now, I got this motor-home here, with central heat and a nice comfy bed, and you figure I'm gonna sleep in the screen house?" And then I'd just wait for a response, quite possibly with the look that says, "Are ya nuts?"
I just wonder some times.
I was thinking about diabetes when you described the cobbler, the only saving grace is the apples and even those have natural sugar. Man would I have been in trouble. Donna watches me like a hawk. Be safe and have fun with the family. Sam & DOnna..
ReplyDeleteThat camp host would probably have really set Jim off. Once again, common sense. Not even Jim's pills would have helped after that feast you had.
ReplyDeleteWow-what a fun weekend! In Michigan, every campground we stayed at-there was always a screened tent along with the camper-no questions asked! Love all the beautiful family pictures. Brings back memories of football games of Chris and Ben playing with their uncles. Can't believe that delicious meal! I never knew Chris was such a good cook!
ReplyDeleteWith all due respect, the silent worker bee in all of this meal was Melissa... She went after everything and cooked in the trailer and cleaned all the dishes.... Loyce did the cole slaw, and Danielle did the cheesy corn....
DeleteMy mouth was sure watering as you described that Apple Cobbler when you took the lid off the cast iron pot. Wow! That sounded so good especially with the ice cream. It must have been a great complement to that hot BBQ sauce - which also sounded fantastic! Great weekend!
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