Thank you. The bike was my Father's Day gift in 2008.
Most of my camping is in state parks or Army Corps of Engineers parks. There are some nice privately-run campgrounds within a day's ride, also. Once I did the old rogue camping thing and hunkered down on the undeveloped side of a city park.
Texas being so warm for so much of the year, the insects will eat you alive, without a screen. I use a Eureka Solitaire tent. Most nights, I leave the rain-fly off.
Knorr's makes a lot of pasta and rice dishes. They are meant to be side dishes, but if you mix in some extras, they can be a meal, for sure (they cost about a buck a piece). I half them at the house into freezer bags and use a combination of boil, simmer and cozy to prepare them. One of my favorite add-ins is Sweet Sue's 3oz packet of precooked chicken breast. And yes, avocados are probably the heaviest food I pack. I'll gladly lighten up elsewhere to leave room for these yummies.
Breakfast is usually a two-pan affair.
I boil, simmer and cozy some pearled barley. My tummy seems to like it better than oatmeal.
While the barley is cozied in and finishing up, I get out my tiny skillet and muffin mix (I use the Martha White - "just add milk" kind). Each packet makes about six small pancakes - which is more than I can eat with the barley. So, again, I half them at home into freezer bags with a tablespoon of powdered milk. At camp, I mix cold water in the freezer bag to make the batter and then just cut off a corner squirt it into the skillet.
During my testing, I found that the flavored muffin mix produced pancakes that tasted great, without needing syrup.
My boiling/simmering setup is a little different than my skillet setup. I always use a simmer ring when making anything in the skillet. I also remove the pot stand, turn half the windscreen around and use it to hold the skillet (see the image). This moves the skillet up away from the hottest part of the flame, and allows for controlling the heat with how much gap is between the two pieces.
These pics are from my last camp out.
The bottle holder is called an "Aqua-Rack." There are several companies that make these. I put it on because I have a 48-mile round trip commute to work. In the heat of the summer, I was running out of water way too fast. The first time I tried it, I called my wife and said, "It makes getting a drink as easy as scratching my butt!"
