Baking off grid in a dutch oven is a handy thing to know how to do in case you ever find yourself without an electric or gas powered oven or chose to live off-grid. Baking in a dutch oven is pretty easy once you know a few basic tips. We love to bake in our dutch ovens on camping trips, multi-day river float trips, at hunting camp, when it is too hot to bake inside in the … [Read more...]
Enjoying an Off Grid Thanksgiving Holiday Meal
I absolutely love to cook, bake and be creative in the kitchen. What I love even more is the fun and challenging adventure of cooking a huge meal off grid. Prior to having our little nugget two years ago, we had a family tradition of cooking our Thanksgiving meal off grid in our wall tent at hunting camp way up in the mountains.Doing that with a toddler in the single digit … [Read more...]
A Visit to the National Bison Range in Montana
We recently took a family adventure to the National Bison Range. We always drive by the Bison Range on the way to our favorite Amish food market but we had no idea just how huge and spectacular it was until we drove the two hour loop road through the range. Even the view of the Mission Mountain Range from the parking lot was breathtaking. The National Bison Range was created … [Read more...]
Preserving Huckleberries & Wild Huckleberry Lemonade Recipe
Each summer we venture out to our secret huckleberry spot to pick the sweet, juicy berries. This year we made huckleberry lemonade aide with our berries and it is a new favorite summer beverage in our family!My parents are visiting us this week from the east coast so we thought we would venture up the mountain to our secret huckleberry spot to share with them our family … [Read more...]
Wild Huckleberry Harvest!
After checking our secret huckleberry spot up on the mountain two weeks ago, we've been counting the days until we could head back up and find a mountain covered with dark purple, juicy huckleberries. Heading up the mountain yesterday seemed like the perfect reward for finishing the painting in our back room just in time for my parent's visit this week.As we drove up the windy, … [Read more...]
Wildflower Walks with Baby
This week we camped in one of our favorite archery hunting spots on top of a mountain. We figured it would be the perfect spot to camp and watch the full moon rise. Since we were at such a high elevation, the early season wildflowers were in full bloom in the alpine meadow next to camp. I have many fond memories of going on wildflower walks with my mom as a kid, something that … [Read more...]
Baby’s First River Float!
If you're an avid outdoor adventuring family pre-baby, it can be daunting to try to incorporate baby into your outdoor loving lifestyle. We were determined to keep doing the outdoor activities we love like rafting. We had quite a fun adventure taking our little nugget on her first river float and are here to tell you it is easy and can be done safely! This last weekend we took … [Read more...]
Bird Watching with Baby
As an avid bird watcher, it seems only natural that I would start teaching our little nugget about birds while she is just a baby. It is never too early to start teaching our children about the things we love. She may not understand what I am reading to her, but eventually she will be an expert little bird watcher! Meet Roberto, our resident Robin. I noticed his arrival … [Read more...]