Today is a Blue Bird day , Clear blue skies , no wind and about 82 degrees so there is no reason to sit around the house , a good day to try out the cook kit and enjoy some free time.
Jumped in the Jeep with the Duluth messenger bag which has the cook kit , a pistol , toilet paper and paper towels and a bottle of cold water in it and I'm off to the Seminole Ranch and camp. After a 30 minute ride I was at the dirt road to the camp. 6 Miles later I am there , unlock the gate and go down to the river after locking the gate. I parked the Jeep in the shade under the trees behind the camping shelter.
The sun is shinning with blue skies , very little breeze and in fact the river looks like is is a sheet of glass it is that smooth. Up by the bushes and trees the shade is so nice even the mosquitoes are out and about , time to move.
Down to the open grassy area where the wooden but well worn picnic table is.
In the distance , off to my left , I can hear some Air Boats running and off to my right someone is shooting a shotgun. It's duck season but there aren't any flying , it's a blue bird day if there ever was a blue bird day and not a duck day.
I call the rainy , windy , overcast , cold and miserable days , duck days , because those are the days when they are flying and not just sitting around on a day like today.
Siting there I unpack the kit and set the stove up , put the alcohol burner in it and add about 1 ounce of alcohol to the burner. Got the cup out and put almost two cups of water in it. Used the fero rod to create some sparks and I have a flame in the burner.
Put the cup on the stove and soon I have some boiling water that I dropped a Constant Comment tea bag in. I let it steep for a few minutes and then sat back enjoying the scenery and a hot cup of good spicy tea. It's sort of a tradition for me when I'm there to have that Tea since that is my morning drink when I am camping there.
Not much going on , just a quiet , lazy day and a good time to do nothing but enjoy the surroundings.
Finished the tea and cleaned the cup then repacked everything and walked around checking the area to make sure everything was OK. Even the old pitcher pump produced cold , clear , water with the first pump of the lever.
I did see hoof prints from some cows down by the river , in the sand , where they came to drink. Even some Racoon prints were there from there nightly scouting trip for anything edible by the waters edge.
All in all it was a nice quiet time and I am really pleased on how well the modified cooking kit works. I did have a plastic bottle of bottled water with me. To correct that I will have to add one of the little Sawyer personal water filters and squeeze bag to the kit. Then it will be a self sufficient cooking kit.
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Jumped in the Jeep with the Duluth messenger bag which has the cook kit , a pistol , toilet paper and paper towels and a bottle of cold water in it and I'm off to the Seminole Ranch and camp. After a 30 minute ride I was at the dirt road to the camp. 6 Miles later I am there , unlock the gate and go down to the river after locking the gate. I parked the Jeep in the shade under the trees behind the camping shelter.
The sun is shinning with blue skies , very little breeze and in fact the river looks like is is a sheet of glass it is that smooth. Up by the bushes and trees the shade is so nice even the mosquitoes are out and about , time to move.
Down to the open grassy area where the wooden but well worn picnic table is.
In the distance , off to my left , I can hear some Air Boats running and off to my right someone is shooting a shotgun. It's duck season but there aren't any flying , it's a blue bird day if there ever was a blue bird day and not a duck day.
I call the rainy , windy , overcast , cold and miserable days , duck days , because those are the days when they are flying and not just sitting around on a day like today.
Siting there I unpack the kit and set the stove up , put the alcohol burner in it and add about 1 ounce of alcohol to the burner. Got the cup out and put almost two cups of water in it. Used the fero rod to create some sparks and I have a flame in the burner.
Put the cup on the stove and soon I have some boiling water that I dropped a Constant Comment tea bag in. I let it steep for a few minutes and then sat back enjoying the scenery and a hot cup of good spicy tea. It's sort of a tradition for me when I'm there to have that Tea since that is my morning drink when I am camping there.
Not much going on , just a quiet , lazy day and a good time to do nothing but enjoy the surroundings.
Finished the tea and cleaned the cup then repacked everything and walked around checking the area to make sure everything was OK. Even the old pitcher pump produced cold , clear , water with the first pump of the lever.
I did see hoof prints from some cows down by the river , in the sand , where they came to drink. Even some Racoon prints were there from there nightly scouting trip for anything edible by the waters edge.
All in all it was a nice quiet time and I am really pleased on how well the modified cooking kit works. I did have a plastic bottle of bottled water with me. To correct that I will have to add one of the little Sawyer personal water filters and squeeze bag to the kit. Then it will be a self sufficient cooking kit.
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