We're Goin' to the Dunes, Dunes, Dunes

Teresa had a couple of days off this week, so we decided to head down to Bruneau Sand Dunes State Park for a quick overnight trip. We wanted to try out some new gear so we left Thursday afternoon in spite of some not so rosey weather forecasts. Turned out to be not so bad after all... a little windy at times, but that's to be expected along with a little bit of rain.

First thing we did when we got there was set up the tent. Got a new one this summer for backpacking that is a little larger than most. Turned out to be really comfortable... nice and dry and roomy.Next on the agenda was dinner. Here's a picture of me boiling water with my "pocket rocket". Only takes a couple of minutes to boil water and does in fact sound a bit like a rocket engine. We decided to do "freezer bag" cooking this trip (see my favorite web sites below). We had spaghetti, along with chicken & rice for dinner and breakfast rice w/dried apricots for breakfast. Even the boss thought it was all good as is evidenced by the picture below.We brought some wood from home so that night was spent around the campfire. No marshmallows like we did with Hannah when she was here visiting, but still nice to just sit around and stare at the flames. I guess we're all just pyromaniacs at heart.

The next morning we took a hike up the dunes which was very pleasant because the sand was a little firmer than ususal due to the rain.

All in all was a fun time. Since we missed the VP debate Thursday night, we caught the unbiased debrief (not!) on the Dennis Miller and Sean Hannity shows on the ride home.