For the Love of Fridays: Solar Powered Roads?

   deep in my soul I am a tree hugging earth loving hippie.  My dream in life is to live on my own land in an earthship that is fully solar powered and grow my own food.  (I have also recently discovered "lazy rivers".  If I had one I would never leave home!)  This video popped up on facebook feed.  I was facinated.  I have heard about making roads solar powered in the past but this seems doable.  Like I could see this in my lifetime.  

source  This is an artists rendition.

I love how people's minds work.  I love that people are passionate!  It inspires me and makes me want to be a better person.  We can really make the world a better place, together.  If you want to learn more about Julie and Scott (ps how cute is it that meet when they were 3 and 4 years old?) amazing invention.  You can also donate to the cause and like them on facebook.
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What I Ate: Camping at Lost Lake

     i went camping this weekend, I was kind of excited.  I made a video.  I went with a group of twelve friends.  We stayed at a organization camp site at Lost Lake.  Our site had a stage and a crazy stone fire pit with a chimney.  We spent the day swimming and playing in a paddle boat.  It was great trip!  Here is what I ate and some pictures.

Breakfast:  I hard boiled eggs at home for a quick and easy source of protein.  On most camping trips I will cook eggs there but I was camping light and didnt want to pack a pan.  I also ate apples and bananas.  A friend gave me a frozen hash brown that I heated in some foil on coals.  I will be bringing some of those on my next trip!

Lunch:  I made "unwiches" with romaine, honey roasted turkey from the deli and mayo.  Sliced yellow pepper and leftover red cabbage slaw.  

Dinner:  Before I left I spirlized a sweet potato, zucchini and carrot.  I added that with some sliced cabbage, mushrooms, onions with salt, pepper, garlic and oil wrapped in foil.  Then when I was ready to eat I put it on the coals.  It took about 40 mins to cook.  I also roasted hot dogs, but no pictures.  I made a ketchup and mustard sauce before I left to make life easier.

Snacks:  Carrot sticks, cucumber, dark chocolate raisins, and home roasted almonds.  And chips, but dont tell Rosie!  

I ate out of a plastic baskets I got at the dollar store.  I lined them with wax paper.  This was Rosie's idea and it was really fun.  Next time I might use double the wax paper.

I was hitching a ride with some friends so I tried really really really hard to pack light.  This is one of the reasons I chopped everything at home and did not bring raw meat.  I like to a have separate small cooler for raw meat so if it tries to escape I should be safe.  I wanted to have an easy time cooking.  I also wanted to be out of the way and not dependent on borrowing a stove.  I brought just enough food and was very satisfied!  One of my camping goals is going to be dutch oven cooking.  My friend made some amazing peach cobbler in hers.

What do you eat camping?

Sea You Next Tuesday: Into the Woods

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What I Wore: Camping Part One

jeans / short sleeve tee / flannel / boots / headlamp

I am going camping this weekend.  Second trip of the year.  At the first I didnt take any pictures.  Oops.  This is my camping uniform.  Sometimes I will wear a dress or a skirt if it is hot.  My all time fave thing to where when camping is a bathing suit and spend the whole day in the water!

What do you wear camping?

Blog to Taste: Red Cabbage Carrot Slaw

Dont miss my post over at Blog To Taste, Red Cabbage Carrot Slaw.  More BtoT posts by me.