Cooking In The Rain.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
Canada
April 13, 2016 7:12am CST
The photos you are looking at are our camp with tent , pop ups for comfort and the fireplace in one and our fireplace while camping where our dinner was being cooked covered with aluminum foil in the rain.
Usually we put up a huge tarp over our eating area and fireplace but we are both getting older and decided because it was just us for most of the time this year we would make do without it. We have three 10X10 popups, tied them together with bungee cords. Staked them to the ground and covered them with plastic to make sure the water wouldn't come down between the three.
When the kids were small there were so many of them the cover on the fire and play area was a necessity.
Now as seniors we are taking the easy way out. We had planned a BBQ meal so went ahead with cooking over the fire but we have a coleman gas camp stove in our camp kitchen so we could have had something else but the meal was delicious and we only got a bit wet with the rain. We baked our potatoes in the dutch oven you see under that foil.
Thankfully when the grand-kids and their parents showed up the men put up a rain tarp over the fireplace for us and it took them five minutes. It would have taken us an hour or more.
The older we get, the easier we make our set up but we will always sleep in a tent. No camper for us...yet.
Do you BBQ in the rain?
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
13 Apr 16
Every campsite has their own fireplace. In the picnic area of the park, there are fireplaces too. I'm glad you enjoy my stories...
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
15 Apr 16
no .... we don't BBQ any more.... we used to go camping when very young ... but that was still in a caravan... although us kids slept in the awning on the side of the caravan.... lol's ... but like @jaboUk said your stories always sound like good fun and make me want to go camping again.... lol's
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
15 Apr 16
@PainsOnSlate good.... will continue to look out for them....
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
15 Apr 16
I'm gald you enjoy the stories I have a billion of them 
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
22 Apr 16
@PainsOnSlate Wow, that sounds nice.
We do not have such camping facilities here.
I think I will like the kind of camping facilities in your country.
Over here, sleeping out means increasing the chance of getting bitten by mosquitoes, and camping means to pitch tent at whatever place near water, and you have to use the water from the river or waterfall for shower, cooking, and for laundry.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
23 Apr 16
@scheng1
We have running water taps all around the campground, the water in the river is not drinkable because beavers live in the river and carry a disease... We also have wash rooms with flush toilets.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
21 Apr 16
We camp at a State Park, there is a nice shower and we sleep on cots with a soft cushion and our thick sleeping bags on top. I sleep better in the tent outdoors than I do in my house.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
At The house we have a smoker (for meat) and a BBQ and my husband uses both of them a lot all summer and some cold winter days too. I have seen him cooking up a storm often on a stormy day.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
@Lucky15 Oh no... I forgot to mention the BBQ and the smoker are in the back yard, not in the house. But I have seen my husband our there in a winter coat and hat making something delicious.
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
14 Apr 16
@PainsOnSlate *scratches head* will the whole house get smoked too?
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
13 Apr 16
We also always slept in a tent. Now that it's just me and my husband we didn't want to do the tent thing anymore. So my husband built a platform in our van and we got a memory foam mattress for it. We have a boat to pull. We do everything else outside. It sure makes for a quick set up and take down.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
13 Apr 16
Sounds like fun. Elaine and I go for two weeks every year so we need creature comforts. Our tent goes up in a few minutes. We sleep on cots, and its warm enough and if too warm the 4 sides open to screens.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
13 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 That is a great idea, I'll bet others have copied your idea.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
13 Apr 16
@PainsOnSlate The problem with sleeping in the van is it's very warm. So my hubby made screens for the two front seat windows using regular screen material and mounted them on magnets as a frame. They just pop right on. Then we have a battery powered fan and by the middle of the night we turn the fan off. Works for us. I can't tell you how many comments we have had from other campers because of those screens. Thankfully my hubby is a pretty handy guy.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
16 Apr 16
@miniam interesting. We have our flashlights out before dark and we have a battery lamp for inside the tent. When you are in a place with no streetlights and no car lights or lights of any kind, your eyes adjust to the darkness and if we are lucky to get a good moon or a sky full of stars we don't even need to turn on our flash lights...occasionally we get spooked by a twig breaking in the dark but we do know we are safe so ignore it. You remanded me of a good story I will write. We did have a creepy guy camp near us once...stay tuned.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
15 Apr 16
The modern tents are great, no bugs...good screens and comfortable. Its not for everyone, its something I've done all my life and would miss it if we didn't do it yearly.
@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
15 Apr 16
@PainsOnSlate
all things considered,the darkness will be my greatest nightmare when camping.
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@MGjhaud (23240)
• Philippines
16 Apr 16
@PainsOnSlate you gave me an idea on what to buy myself one of these days -- a tent. 
probably i'll get one for my nephew and put it in the living room cause he doesnt like going to his room to sleep.
probably i'll get one for my nephew and put it in the living room cause he doesnt like going to his room to sleep.1 person likes this
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
15 Apr 16
We still do it yearly. I'm in my 70's and my sister is in mid 60's and we still love it and enjoy being visited by our kids...
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
13 Apr 16
Boy do those pictures bring back some good memories but in a camper for us. We had so much fun camping out and fishing with our dog along and him going swimming, our Rommie love the water and was such a good boy. We lost him when he was 11 years old to cancer and we really missed him and then stopped going camping.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
15 Apr 16
@PainsOnSlate
I no longer go camping and now I have two other dogs.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
17 Apr 16
When we went on our big family camping trip last year, we had a huge storm the very first night. Hubby wanted to just go home when we had planned to stay all week. We stayed and there was not another drop of rain the rest of the week......but my bed didn't dry out all week either.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
17 Apr 16
yikes...a wet bed is no fun. One rainy summer were packed all the kids in the car and went to a laundry mat to get clean and dry...
@Juliaacv (51688)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
I can remember my Dad, who never ever cooked or grilled, barbequeing in the rain while we were kids up at the cottage in the Muskokas. He was holding a vinyl tablecloth with one hand, and someone else had the other corner, and he was cooking at the same time. All the while he was singing when its Springtime in the Rockies, its raining in Milford Bay.....he added his own words.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
What a wonderful memory... I love a man who sings.
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@gudheart (12659)
•
16 Apr 16
@PainsOnSlate I am not much of a camper but can imagine it can be fun :D
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
It is fun. I've done it all my life. My parents loved camping and so do I.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
14 Apr 16
@PainsOnSlate we have definitely barbecued in the rain, with much laughter and trying to save the food 
. What a lovely setting you camped in!
. What a lovely setting you camped in!1 person likes this
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
15 Apr 16
The Adirondack mountains the the river is our favorite place on earth.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
15 Apr 16
Ours are covered too often I see hubby out there with an umbrella.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
16 Apr 16
@PainsOnSlate My husband thinks he's too manly for an umbrella.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
A couple of years ago on the night before we were to leave there was a tornado warning. We took down the kitchen tent and put away everything into our vehicles. We left our huge tarp up and our sleeping tent up. We sat in the car with the head lights on so we could see, watching the storm. Our sleeping tent was shaking but made it through the storm. The big tarp was interesting to watch as it billowed up and down and finally broke a couple of ropes (tore the grommets off the tarp...and flapped away until the storm was over. The ranger checked on everyone after the storm saying several trees came down across the roads but no one was hurt and not tents or campers were hurt...
@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
13 Apr 16
Sounds sounds like you had a fun vacation in spite of the rain.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
We are always prepared for bad weather so yes we enjoy our vacation rain or shine.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
15 Apr 16
Life goes on and thing change, we still BBQ, but its hubby who does it, he loves to cook. And while camping its my sister's job, but I help.
@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
13 Apr 16
what a lovely campground, no wonder ya ladies love't so much there. so glad that the menfolk showed'n got that set'p fer ya. rain, snow, don't matter. 'round here, 'tis the wind that keeps such from bein' done.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
15 Apr 16
I think Elaine and I will put it up this year, it was a pain in the rain and it might take us some time but we enjoy our campfire rain or not.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
15 Apr 16
We have been caught by a storm too...You gotta eat.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Apr 16
No BBQ in the rain here because it hardly ever rains. But at home there is covering from a balcony.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
A cover, what a good idea. .. I think we will put up a tarp this sumemr just over the fireplace.
@madcrochetlab (275)
• United States
13 Apr 16
My husband and I did the tent thing for years but as we are getting older, we didn't want to do all that setup anymore or sleep so close to the ground, so we bought a tiny vintage trailer, which really doesn't require any setup so we can start relaxing sooner. We are still working on finishing the inside of it, but enough of it is done that we can sleep in it. A little rain would not bother us as we still do all our cooking outside. There is nothing better than a skewer full of veggies brushed with oil and herbs, or any other food, really, cooked over an open fire. Such a lovely way to enjoy the outdoors.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
We plan our meals well and they are delicious. My sister and I still sleep in a tent but we sleep on cots and have for years. We still love the sound of rain on the tent. We have talked about getting a small camper but no, not yet.
