Last weekend we went to a new-to-us campground near Houston, Minnesota. The place was called Cushon’s Peak Campground, because (surprise, surprise), it’s at the base of Cushon’s Peak bluff. Our friends had tried this place out last year and said what a nice campground it was. We would have to agree – and can’t wait […]
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Camping with s’mores

Last year I did a series of posts on camping … and then the season ended. It’s a shame we only go camping a couple times a year! If you missed reading those posts, they can be found here: What to pack for a camping trip – General supplies, Cooking, and Other items to consider. […]
What to pack on a camping trip: Other items to consider

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. By making a purchase through these links, we will earn commission that helps to keep A Simple Homestead running – with no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting us! Read our full disclosure statement here. This is the third and final installment in the Packing for Camping […]
What to pack on a camping trip: Cooking

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. By making a purchase through these links, we will earn commission that helps to keep A Simple Homestead running – with no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting us! Read our full disclosure statement here. This is Part 2 of our series on Camping. Part 1 was […]
What to pack for a camping trip – General supplies

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. By making a purchase through these links, we will earn commission that helps to keep A Simple Homestead running – with no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting us! Read our full disclosure statement here. Last weekend we went camping. We had a great time visiting with […]
Potato Lake 2016

I’m exhausted. We just returned from a 4-day camping trip. I find it hard to believe that we used to do this for up to 9 days at a time! No more – 4 is my absolute max. That’s not to say we didn’t have fun, because we did. I mean, how can you not enjoy […]
Buckhorn State Park

On Thursday this week, we left for an extended-weekend camping at Buckhorn State Park. The last few years, we’ve only taken one camping trip, but each year Little Chick asks when we can go again, so this year we planned an extra one. We originally thought about heading to Door County, but we planned a bit […]
Busy weekends

One of my blogger friends posted this week and commented how when blogs are quiet it’s often because our lives are less than quiet. How true that is! We’ve had a couple of crazy weekends. I would have posted about them before today, but then we had an issue at work. The week before a […]
3 Crazy Weekends

I haven’t been very good about updating the blog the last few weeks, but we’ve been home so little since mid-July! July 20th was Papa’s 35th class reunion weekend. We were fortunate that his sister and brother-in-law live in the same hometown so we were able to stay with them. In fact, Papa pretty much […]