Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Ice Chests
I gave my Coleman Xtreme a little bit of a cleaning. Despite having been kept indoors and out of the sunlight, the outside is cracking right where a handle attaches. It's only been used a dozen or so times over maybe ten years at most. Kind of disappointing. Maybe I will be picking up a Yeti sooner than later.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Camping!
Going to go camping on Friday at Water Canyon in the San Mateo mountains. I cobbled together some quick directions: from Socorro go west on highway 60, then turn left at 13S 0292274 3777050 on 107, then right at 13S 0283810 3753148 on forest road 52, then left at 13S 0279156 3754953 onto 56, then stop at 13S 0276343 3748827.
I currently own at 36 quart Coleman Xtreme cooler, and that I think is a Coleman 52 quart steel belted cooler. The 36 quart is definitely too small. The 52 is a good size, but doesn't keep things cold very well. It seems like I really need a 45 quart Yeti. But Yeti's are expensive!
But the Yeti is bear proof, should keep ice as ice for maybe as long as a week if I never open it, and it looks quite nice. The internet is filled with people who love the cooler, and a few who hate it, and the consensus seems to be that those who hate it don't know how to use a cooler. Just reading about the Yeti has probably improved my cooler-using abilities by a lot. I'll be pre-cooling my existing cooler for the camping trip.
For my food I'm probably going to take steak for the evening, and bacon and eggs for the morning. I'm debating if pancakes are a good idea. Or possibly hash browns. Probably hash browns. My hash browns will be tiny cubed pieces that are pan fried. I'm planning to have my green Coleman camp stove with me, as well as an MSR whisperlight for any boiling. I think the whisperlight will easily defeat the Coleman when it comes to boiling.
I'll need to pack: steak, eggs, bacon, potatoes, oil, black pepper, a cast iron comal or skillet, tongs, a spatula, a cutting board, a knife, and an onion. The onion was an afterthought, it goes with the potatoes. And maybe butter. Butter is nice with hash browns.
I kind of wonder if popcorn would be good too. I'd need a pan to cook it in, and popcorn if I do that.
I have six blue cold packs for my cooler. With my small need for food, I can probably use the 36 quart Xtreme. I need to freeze some water to pre-chill it Thursday night. I should be able to pack it Friday morning, and leave it in my car all day at work without it going warm on me. I'll add a couple of straps to it to seal it shut.
There is no rain forecast, so hammocking should be a breeze. But I'll have my tarp with me, and set up, just in case.
On Monday I drove out to the campsite after work to make sure I remembered how to get there and that my car would make it. The road was a little rough, but doable. Friday should be no trouble.
Pictures at http://schlake.us/daily/2016-05-16.html
I currently own at 36 quart Coleman Xtreme cooler, and that I think is a Coleman 52 quart steel belted cooler. The 36 quart is definitely too small. The 52 is a good size, but doesn't keep things cold very well. It seems like I really need a 45 quart Yeti. But Yeti's are expensive!
But the Yeti is bear proof, should keep ice as ice for maybe as long as a week if I never open it, and it looks quite nice. The internet is filled with people who love the cooler, and a few who hate it, and the consensus seems to be that those who hate it don't know how to use a cooler. Just reading about the Yeti has probably improved my cooler-using abilities by a lot. I'll be pre-cooling my existing cooler for the camping trip.
For my food I'm probably going to take steak for the evening, and bacon and eggs for the morning. I'm debating if pancakes are a good idea. Or possibly hash browns. Probably hash browns. My hash browns will be tiny cubed pieces that are pan fried. I'm planning to have my green Coleman camp stove with me, as well as an MSR whisperlight for any boiling. I think the whisperlight will easily defeat the Coleman when it comes to boiling.
I'll need to pack: steak, eggs, bacon, potatoes, oil, black pepper, a cast iron comal or skillet, tongs, a spatula, a cutting board, a knife, and an onion. The onion was an afterthought, it goes with the potatoes. And maybe butter. Butter is nice with hash browns.
I kind of wonder if popcorn would be good too. I'd need a pan to cook it in, and popcorn if I do that.
I have six blue cold packs for my cooler. With my small need for food, I can probably use the 36 quart Xtreme. I need to freeze some water to pre-chill it Thursday night. I should be able to pack it Friday morning, and leave it in my car all day at work without it going warm on me. I'll add a couple of straps to it to seal it shut.
There is no rain forecast, so hammocking should be a breeze. But I'll have my tarp with me, and set up, just in case.
On Monday I drove out to the campsite after work to make sure I remembered how to get there and that my car would make it. The road was a little rough, but doable. Friday should be no trouble.
Pictures at http://schlake.us/daily/2016-05-16.html
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