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Camping for kids By Angie & Ryan Brown SCHOOL IS over and we are ready to party! We made several suggestions to mom and dad for our summer vacation — Disney World, rafting down the Colorado, an African safari, or a surfing vacation in Australia. After carefully considering our suggestions, they made one of their own — camping. To make things worse, they even gave us homework. We did some research and came up with a list of equipment a family needs for a two-day camping trip: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
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Tent Airbeds or other form of mattress Sleeping bags and a few blankets Pillows Chairs and a table Cooking and eating utensils Gas cooking equipment (fires are not always permitted) Cooler for food and drink Plenty of food Water containers Flashlights or lantern Beach toys
Cooking for kids (and dad)
Here are a couple of delicious recipes we found that kids can cook, with adult supervision of course.
Smores
Put marshmallow(s) on stick. Place over open flame. Brown marshmallow, place on Graham cracker with a piece of chocolate over hot marshmallow. Place Graham cracker on top.
Cheese dogs
8 to 10 hot dogs ¼ pound cheese 8 to 10 sourdough rolls 4 tablespoons butter Split hot dogs, and brown split side down. Remove from heat, spread cheese on split, and brown skin side down. Brown sourdough rolls, add butter and serve with hot dogs.
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Trout on a stick
There is nothing better than cooking food on sticks over a fire. We found that the key to success with this is to let the fire burn down to the coals, and use a pointed green willow or hardwood stick. If these types of sticks are not available, use hot dog forks or hamburger holders. Light a hardwood fire or some charcoal at least 30 minutes before you plan to cook. Thread the stick through the cleaned trout (or bass) and start to cook it with the back down, so the thickest part of the trout gets the most heat. Then cook both sides. When the trout flakes with a fork at the thickest point, it’s done.
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