(Well, you already knew this series was about camping - didn't you?)
So I had the tent all set up and ready to go, I stuck myself nearby in a corner to make sure I wasn't spotted immediately, and then waited.... and waited... and waited. Wow, come to think about it, there was a lot of waiting. It felt like forever!
I kept myself distracted by watching the wacky squirrels running all over the park. Wacky squirrels, yes sir, they were funny running all around everywhere and everything and what with the throwing of pine cones on my head! Owie! Okay, so I don't like squirrels much anymore.
The Buffet Arrives (Sort of)
And then I saw a blue car pull into the campsite! YAY blue car. SCORE! Score one for the bear! Yes (insert victory dance here!). I held my breath, and the car door opened and.... AW NUTS! It was my wrangler and some of his friends! Stupid GPS chip in my paw.
Wait a minute, they are unloading food! Lots and lots of yummy food! Oh Goodie!
Where to begin....
Well after all that screaming and yelling at squirrels, I was pretty thirsty. Now those of you that have been following along or who know me understand that this bear's favourite indulgence is coffee of the latte variety. Now my particular bear wrangler knows that the situation would be simply unacceptable without a coffee-making thingy packed for the trip.
Here I am with a Mocha Pot. Now it looks like I was cooking my bum but I wasn't! Nope, that side of the stove was turned off! The pot on the right was full of milk in order to go with the espresso coffee. I don't much like espresso on its own, milk makes it yummier. As we didn't have a milk steamy thingy, my plan was to blow bubbles into the how milk through a straw. My wrangler told me the straw would melt, so no bubbles in the the milk 8-(
Dude, where's my Lunch?
Since my wrangler was here I thought I would be well fed. Was I ever wrong about that! I was told politely but firmly that we were each on our own for making lunch! How terrible! I complained bitterly only to be handed a stuffed-bear sized BBQ and some tongs and told to "Get on with it!" or something like that.
So, I did the only reasonable thing: lit the stupid BBQ and started cooking. I think I burnt a paw, but at least the burgers were yummy if I do say so myself!
Dude, Where's my Dinner?
Just as soon as I was done cooking and eating my lunch I was starting to get hungry for dinner! I knew watching the squirrels was out. What to do, what to do?
I know! I'll sneak another coffee!
In this case the stove lid provided perfect cover. They never knew who kept drinking all their coffee!
FINALLY it was dinner time! and what a dinner it was. There was Steak, yummy, yummy steak. Oh sooo good and tender and cooked on the BBQ just the way I like it, and (droooooooool) was it ever good! Such good steak. Oh, and broccoli, but I'd rather not talk about that.
You Promised me Dessert!
Being the end of Summer, it got dark pretty early. To keep warm and let other bears know this spot was spoken for I had my wrangler and his friends set up a campfire. This was immensely clever of me because it allowed them to make me s'mores! I demanded that they put two marshmallows in my s'more instead of one. Made it gooey on the paws!
The "Morning After Breakfast"
After eating all that chocolate and marshmallow the night before, I was feeling "queasy". Good thing there was coffee!
Well, shortly after that I "perked up" and breakfast was well underway.
Nothing tastes quite like oatmeal, partly because oatmeal doesn't really taste like anything! My wrangler suggested that I try just plain boring oatmeal without anything on it to try to settle my tummy. I went off to find some, 'cause I wasn't gonna cook it myself!
Back at the camp, I found some scrambled eggs to eat instead. I like mine with lots of pepper. Again done myself as good waiters are difficult to come by while camping.
Well, that was pretty much how the weekend went.
It was pretty good eats!
~END PART 2~
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