Winter Camping and Country Living is Out

The weather gods were with me on my Winter Camping Adventure. My friends know that I am a bit of a fair weather sports person!!! I love to go on adventures especially if the weather is nice. Carson, my husband and I hiked in about 2 miles to reach out cabin for winter camping. Merck Forest is a Nature/Hiking/Camping preserve close to home. Over the years we have stayed up there a handful of times. I needed a "get away" and thought of Merck Forest.

Hiking in Tuesday it was well over 50 degrees; t-shirt weather. Kind of muddy and icy, but warm and so sunny. Couldn't have been better weather. Carson had the heavy load, poor guy. I felt slightly guilty.....We stayed in the cabin called Ned's Place. Ned was a friend from Pawlet that passed away much to young. His friends got together and built this cabin in his memory. It's a great cabin, big windows, lots of bunks and a big wood stove. I made a yummy Shrimp Curry and served it with whole wheat couscous, great bottle of wine. A big carrot cake, thought it might travel best. It was only slightly squished. Our friend George hiked in to join us. Lots of candles and cozy.

George made bread with holes cut out for eggs and a little cheese on top. I can still taste how good they were. How does food taste so good camping. I love the eating,hiking and relaxing part of camping. It's the sleeping part that's tuff. Just so hard to get comfortable. I got a great book started, Birds in Fall, by a Vermont author, great book, nice read. And got a ski hat started, taken out and started again.... made it too big. Par for the course for those of us that don't read directions and think we know it all......

We hiked up Mt. Antoine, the highest peak in the area. A sweet stroll, nothing too hard, but very pretty. We tried our cell phone..... it could have been an ad!!!! can you hear me. We are so used to staying in touch.... relax, it can wait. The guys hiked out and my friend Elizabeth came in.