Making Rivendell in the Desert

And back. So that's 3300 miles update: we survived. I updated this with what actually worked Before the trip... PLAN OUT THE STOPS with ...

 Peppermint bark 3/8 lb of melted dark chocolate, spread out on parchment paper. Let cool 3/4 lb white almond bark, melted + 16 drops pepper...

Best Banana Bread Mix with a mixer ·          8 very ripe bananas, (medium/large) ·          2 sticks butter ·          1/4 cup gran...

 I wrote this for my teenage son, who is now very curious how to impress girls. Right now it mostly seems to involve fantasies of building m...

White people are really fragile mutants from the far poles. Now that they have ventured from their dim polar homelands into the rest of the ...

Tip #1 Bring Candy, but only dispense it during the hike. Or it will not work. It doesn't have to be candy, but it has to be special. [...

 Applicable to Payson in October[65-70/45-41night], or the Rocky Mountains in July. Sedona in May [75day/52night]. Note: Oct 16 in Christoph...

 Today I watched a few active toddlers while the adults did sunday school. I put on Steve Green's "Hide 'em in your heart"...

DOUGH 6 c. flour 1.5 t. salt 1 T. Sugar 2 c. milk 1 c. water 1 t. yeast SPREAD 2 c. sugar 1/4 c. cinnamon 2 sticks [room temp] butter Split ...

She ran to him, knowing, what no one else knew (Knowing he would carry her) She ran to him, knowing, what she was too young to know (too sma...

 Dinners List so I can have it all in one place. These shall become links when I actually write the recipes down. Basic Principle is have a ...

 For this to work, you need to have a very clean and organized freezer. No dead-space of freezer-burned bags of unrecognizable leftovers you...