Let's say you are visiting a national park or landmark in a country not your own. First and foremost and for the record, all the signs are awesome. I barely passed many a foreign language class, so I seriously appreciate help any way I can get it. That said, here's my question: Which country's signs … Continue reading Sign Off: International Parks
Author: Camp Host Chad
Landscape Flags
Hear me out, okay? Most flags are... boring. Go ahead, look up the flags of the world. Prove me wrong! I'll wait <yawn> here. Why hasn't anyone given flags a makeover yet? I guess dull, solid stripes ARE easier to reprint and reproduce. But are they inspiring? Also, this is 2019! We have the technology … Continue reading Landscape Flags
The Most Polite Park
Truman Burbank: Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight. ~ Andrew Niccol, The Truman Show Greetings, courtesy of Truman Burbank, from the canyons of Zion National Park and Campfire Tales to you! Other Zion posts you might like: The ZBGC Triangle Zion Vacation Homestead
Amelia Pleads the Fifth
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone Sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones Some days are diamonds, some days are stones ~ John Denver, Some Days are Diamonds Surf comes in. Surf goes out. Surf in, surf out. Surf in, surf out. … Continue reading Amelia Pleads the Fifth
Be Before A Sea
"Gimme a 'B!'" "B!" "Gimme an 'EACH!'" "EACH!" "What's that spell?" "I can't hear you!" "I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" "Nice job! And if you need help next time, simply remember, 'B E before A C.'"
Camping Cuisine: Campetizers
Perhaps you prefer to keep camping cuisine simple: hot dogs and canned beans. (Plus fruit cocktail for dessert. Look, pals and gals, you chose "simple." Enjoy your syrup-drowned, hard chunks of fruit. Live with your choices.) Conversely, maybe you want to keep meals gourmet: you probably aren't camping. We are! Having gone over the basic … Continue reading Camping Cuisine: Campetizers
Camptivities: Camping Cuisine
As promised in a previous post, the only recipes on this blog will be ones that are possible to make while camping (traditional camping, not glamping). Sorry, peppermint ice cream. Sorry grasshopper bars. Sorry, all the pies and more pies and cakes and more cakes I've referenced here over the years. As delicious as you … Continue reading Camptivities: Camping Cuisine
May Day? Play Day!
Confession: I don't really understand May Day. I tried researching it, but the more I read, the more it seems to be whatever you want it to be. Traditionally, there's flowers and cake. So if you are into that, here you go. In Hawaii, they call it Lei Day.Reading that got me thinking (but first, … Continue reading May Day? Play Day!
Happy (Belated) Birthday Grand Canyon National Park!
Even though the Grand Canyon is really much, much older, I'd like to take a brief moment and wish a (belated) Happy Centennial to the National Park, which officially turned 100 this past February. It would be remiss not to add an extra cheer for Teddy Roosevelt, the first champion of the park. I can't … Continue reading Happy (Belated) Birthday Grand Canyon National Park!
Book Review: The Hour of Land
With great power comes great responsibility. ~ Stan Lee (and many other sources; choose your favorite). Maybe the best way for you to experience this book is if a radioactive spider, filled with the knowledge of it, were to crawl out of a port on the device in your hands and bite you, bestowing on … Continue reading Book Review: The Hour of Land
