camping outdoors When we go camping outdoors, I usually make soup that simmers away for a few hours, and we just love having it for dinner. We eat a big breakfast, moderate lunch, and have a light dinner and soup is just the ticket for the final meal of the day. The soup I make is always loaded with vegetables so it's a nice way enjoy the cooling temperatures as the sun sets and load up on nutritional vitamins from the food we eat. Cooking is one of my favorite activities when we're camping outdoors and it's a good thing, too, since we like to find places that are miles away from civilization.

We used to go backpacking a lot and got used to camping outdoors in true peace and quiet miles and miles back into the wilderness. Our jobs don't allow us to take long weekends all that often, so we bought a four wheel drive to go well beyond the beaten path for our camping outdoors. After being away from it all for a few days, we are refreshed enough to head back home completely refreshed and ready to tackle another work week.