Beach Camping

We drove up the east coast of Florida, north

 of Daytona to enjoy a little beach camping. 

It's only our second try at this. We have a 

Roadtrek van/class B rv that we love to use

 for more comfortable road trips, 

(especially when we had the doggies)

but have never really planned to camp. 

Well we gave it a try.

 This alone is worth it!  To be able to walk
 the beach each evening after dinner. It
 was a short mini-vacay. Three days at
the beach was just enough.

 Daytime walks always include picking up

 shells. I gathered these for our picnic 

table centerpiece. Gotta have a centerpiece!

Larry knows by now that any nature walk

 with me requires a bag. I'm either picking up

 pinecones or sea shells, occasionally 

Fall leaves, and rocks too.

 Our only camp requirement was a spot on 

the beach with an ocean view. We can check 

availability for last minute trips because they

 are usually just a few hours drive away. We

 keep the van loaded with some essentials, 

so packing is just clothes, beach stuff, 

beach reads, food and beverages. 

 Ah the food! We come prepared!

I prepped all our meals ahead of time. 

Everything was put in Ziplock bags.

Pork chops were seasoned before freezing 

Burgers were seasoned before freezing

Green beans were also prepped. 

French toast oven casserole ingredients 

in a bag with the streusel topping

in a separate bag. 

Easy Oven Eggs mixture-in a bag. 

Three bean salad-Tupperware

Dinners

1. The pork chops were thawed and 

grilled , served with the green beans and

baked (microwaved) sweet potatoes.

2. Hamburgers were thawed and grilled,

served with 3 bean salad.

Breakfasts 

1. French toast casserole was put into a

 small greased baking pan, streusel sprinkled

 on top and baked in the toaster oven. 

2.  Easy Oven Eggs were baked the same 

way the next morning. 

Lunch was chicken sandwiches with

Swiss, lettuce, tomato, avocado on

Italian bread. The usual assortment

of condiments, chips, cookies, snacks

coffee, iced tea, soda, wine,  and 

margaritas. I think we have a secret 

fear of not having our favorite food 

available at all times! 

I even use real plates and utensils. It

takes only minutes to wash the few dishes.

I've been making lots of lists; food,
clothes, toiletries.  I also keep basic
 things in bins so they are ready to go.
I'm still tweaking my system.  

Cheers!

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