This project was a super rush from materials I had on hand. I keep our folding table and the chair shade umbrellas under the bed, as well as the Corgi’s bed, and they all needed hiding for the newspaper photo shoot –in a few hours time. It occurred to me that there should be […]
Ok, this idea came to me in the eleventh hour three days before the local newspaper was coming out to take some pictures of our little Egg. I was looking at how the tan factory vinyl choice was a little dead and thinking about how the rugs we owned would photograph and boom…I thought of […]
Remember when you were little and making things was just for fun?? You didn’t worry about how it might turn out or if it was good enough–well, that is if you didn’t have a set of critical older siblings watching over your shoulder, lol. That sense of abandonment and creativity waits for us to remember […]
There seems to be no set rule on how I cook in this little space. Originally, I thought I wouldn’t use the inside kitchen much — lingering odors, confined spaces, etc.–but experience has changed all that. Our latest trip, for example, was a 2+ week survey of Colorado’s mountains and parks. We picked up […]
For the most part, our 20 years of camping haven’t required an extra screen tent. As we headed up to Colorado’s 10,000 foot heights, however, we thought back to the incredible hoards of blood sucking mosquitos we found while backpacking on Mt. Margaret in Denali NP. Wanting to keep the mosquitos at bay, while not […]
It’s been a crazy few weeks with very little Internet connection but lots of connection to nature. Travelling in our little Egg (and just travelling domestically in general) always fills us with a vast well of gratitude for the beauty and richness of this land and her people. We have so much to cherish in […]
Our style of camping might be a bit different than most. We, generally, look for small out-of-the-way places to camp that are near quirky and historic sites. Our preference is to find a place where few camp so we can enjoy the forests and the solitude. Most of our trips are 4 day weekends at […]
This the season for mosquitos, annoying gnats and ticks. Arggggh! Because DEET can’t be used on skin safely, We have been using a blend of essential oils that we find very effective–as long as we re-apply about every two hours in heavy bug season. For the Mosquitos and ticks I mix the following ingredients in […]
We use the king-sized bed configuration in our Independence model and sleep with our heads near the opening for ease of exit. We have a super comfy princess and the pea thing going on because we put a 3″ 4 lb density heavy foam topper over the Casita foam cushions. Upon opening up the mattress, […]
zen and the art of little house travelling 