camping trips

During the Feb./Mar. 2005 trip, we made a series of videos that document the use of a camping stove to prepare instant oatmeal: (1) squirting gas into the burner "resevoir", (2) light the gas to heat the intake pipe, (3) let the gas burn for a bit, (4) when the heated burner is lighted, gas will be drawn through the jets if the valve is all the way open, (5) place an aluminum heat shield around the burner to capture all the heat, (6) water boils relatively quickly, (7) add boiling water to the instant oatmeal, (8) stir it a bit, (9) cover it until it's done...

3.March, 2005: Oscar Sherer State Park: In route, we we stopped in Naples, FL to have lunch at the Greek Gourmet. Ivana met a Serb named (surprise) Nikola who, when he learned she was also a serb greeted her with "Ne seri!" It was cold and wet at the park, for the first time we had to use the rainfly for the tent. Down by the riverside, I began telling a joke, a few seconds later came the hilarious punchline. Even though the weather was cold and overcast, the place was beautiful. It rained all night long, but the next day was sunny with low humidity for our drive across the Trans-Island Skyway through St. Pete on our way home.
2.March, 2005: Collier-Seminole State Park: We drove through the Everglades in route, it was there we came upon the happy bus. There was a bug dance on some leaves near our campsite. There has been a forest fire on a hiking trail near the park. I dodged the mosquitos long enough to have a picture made.
1.March, 2005: West Palm Beach KOA: We stopped at Cocoa Beach for some dates on the way. Preparing to leave in the shadow of the RV grove.
28.Feb, 2005: Hontoon Island State Park: To enter the park, one must cross the creek in the ferry. Preparing camp in the morning. There was a deer skeleton behind our tent site. No swimming because of alligators and (perhaps) turtles. Azalea bush after departing Hontoon.
28.Feb, 2005: Driving on state road 40 through the Ocala National Forest, a stop at Mill Dam picnic area and the nearby beach.