I had a bike almost before I could push the pedal down. It was a tricycle, and how I loved riding up and down our driveway! At three, anything that moves is really exciting. In a small town one of the biggest benefits for the kids [...]
As a young outdoor lover I can to remember anything better the biscuits, pancakes and sourdough my dad would make. I remember as a ten-year-old going camping with our family. My dad would get up and fire up the fire to burn down the hot coal [...]
Learning about food from around the world was my favorite class in college. Taking the class just whet my appetite to travel. After graduation and teaching home economics at Orem Jr. High, I decided to go to Europe . Back then we followed a book entitled [...]
My all-time, most-often-cooked recipe. I love to cook it on a tin can stove. 4 slices bacon 4 slices bread 4 eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper Camp Stove and At Home In a large frying pan, fold bacon strips into "V's".Cook on one [...]
It's truly amazing what you can do on an outdoor outing if you just have the right ideas. Two favorite off-the-wall ideas of mine are Backpack Chicken and Car Manifold cooking. Backpack Chicken Cook your chicken in a backpack while going [...]
For me it seems like Christmas and New Year were just yesterday. When I got out my calendar to see when the next holiday was, I was shocked to see that Valentine's Day is just two weeks away. Valentine's Day is one of my favorite [...]
What a great holiday. I know that nowadays it has become a greeting at the end of a phone call to say, “I love you”. To me, Valentine's Day is set aside to not only say it, but to show it. And what better way [...]
Now that the weather is warming and spring is here it time to starting thinking about camping trip and all the delicious thing that go with those memorable trips. My dad was the best at sourdough bread. Anyone that knew him talked about the best [...]
When I was just a kid, I did not know bicycle riding would become one of my favorite hobbies. I have always said riding in a car is too fast and walking is too slow — but biking is just right. After being on the road [...]
BEIJING, China — On my first trip to China, which was about ten years ago, I was told that the Chinese people eat everything that has legs except a table. Long ago, the people were so poor that they ate anything they could find that [...]
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