Camping Day 1

We made it to Bonita Canyon. It’s just under 184 degrees. But we are having a blast and the beer is cold. 

Here is Indecision Camp. 


There is no cell service at camp which is fine with me. On arrival we made camp and settled in for the night.

I made camping spaghetti on our old Coleman Exponent propane stove. Sautéed mushrooms and spicy sausage with sauce and angel hair pasta. Yummy stuff. 


Too many dang rules at this site. We get the “no fires” rules. Some of the others were a bit stupid. 

Here is Linda flipping off the rules while she takes a shower. The camp shower worked great!!


In the morning it was “Brad Coates” bacon and eggs. I really need to clean the grill I guess. 


I think it was the last night we will ever sleep in a tent. Campsite was not level and the birds at Bonita Canyon seriously can not hold a tune. It was nice and chilly at night however.  

Linda does not like it when I take her picture. “She don’t know she’s beautiful” – good country song. 

Tank and Milo don’t seem to mind!


It’s a good thing I apologized in advance (I did, truly. Just before we left while sitting in the driveway. I told Linda I am male and I am sorry for what is about to happen.  Ask her.).

The weather forecast when I made the reservation showed temps in the high 70’s. Perfect camping weather. Reality is that it was much freakin hotter. The only thing to do at Bonita Canyon is to hike. Not good in this heat. So we decided to make lunch and bolt home! 

So maybe we will go look at the Airstream Tommy Bahama Special Edition travel trailer! I said look! Will probably end up with a fifth wheel. However it was good to know I can still put up a mean campsite. 

Know anyone who wants a ton of high quality camping gear???

The dog platform worked great. The Engle did its usual great job. The truck performed flawlessly. The dogs didn’t puke on their first long trip in a vehicle and Linda smiled a lot. Especially on the way home and right after we stopped at Dairy Queen!! Ohhhh and I had my yearly Blizzard. Great trip!