So here are some photos of our campsite at Worthington State Forest campground in New Jersey. Worthington is tucked right in the south end of the water gap and the campground has been our favorite so far.
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Unloading and assessing |
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Slightly different view |
This was the view from our campsite. That's the Delaware River folks, the same one Washington crossed! (but he crossed much further south)
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Looking downstream |
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Looking upstream |
What a terrible sight to wake up to every day right? :P
Here's Rob updating the log book, you can see the food taking over the campsite.
As a "Yey we're finally on our way!" gift I got Rob two mystery lego figures. We thought the skydiver was pretty cool but the racist Indian we weren't so thrilled about.
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The sky-diver is a little worried because he knows the parachute is just plastic. The Indian is pissed at being stereotyped. |
Here's a picture of our second night's dinner, cooked by yours truly! Sausages, beans and green beans, a balanced dinner (balanced on a grill on a bucket that is).
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Pretty sweet table huh? |
Another view before we put everything away for the night. We were lightly scolded by "Ranger Doom" about having so much stuff out because there'd been lots of bears around, but we put everything away nice and snug and saw lots of wildlife, but no bears.
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Messy Camp! |
Before breaking camp we had some leftovers and coffee (tea for me). The little "penny stove" we're using was a gift from my dad, who carefully hand crafted it. While it can use most flammable liquids as fuel, the rubbing alcohol we had brought didn't burn hot enough to get the water boiling, but once we get better fuel it'll be used quite a bit.
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Penny stoves makin' mornings palatable |
Hi There, Campers! Just a quick note on fuel for the penny stove. It works best with denatured alcohol. You can find it pretty much anywhere hardware and paint supplies are sold. Up our way Bennys, Job Lot, all the home stores, ....even Walmart. Boat stores, too, because it's the fuel used in marine alcohol stoves. Any other type of rubbing alcohol has too much water. That's what's causing the sooty flame and why it doesn't get hot enough. See if you can find a can of denatured (sometimes even labeled as Fuel Alcohol) and it should work much better.
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Daddio
We picked some up yesterday. Can't wait to give it a try!
DeleteThe stove works great with the right alcohol now! We use it every morning to make coffee since its soo much smaller and easier to set up than the propane stove (and its much cooler to watch it!)
DeleteOK, I'm hooked! Keep those beautiful pictures and wry comments coming. I find myself checking your blog several times a day -- waiting for the next chapter in your episodes. You guys are terrific! Thanks for including us in your adventures.
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Mom