Page 98 - Louisiana Loop (manuscript Edition)

Every morning at Camp 1 alternative camp
started off so cold that I could blow frost. That
just didn’t makes sense to me since I came to
Louisiana to avoid this chill and worse cold
back in Utah. I had done my research and by
anyone's standards even if it was colder on the
river than inland…….IT SHOULD NOT BE
THIS COLD AT ALL.
Talking to locals made me feel commiserate in
misery as they told me horror stories of the
snow and ice they had gotten recently. THEY
DON’T GET SNOW AND ICE.
So these day in camp 1 I begin my day with
coffee and it usually was about 4 AM when I
can’t stand laying around pretending I am
resting and finally get up, or as in the case
today on a Monday 5 AM.
What amazes me is that I have two coffee pots
one that’s beautiful blue enamel that I really
enjoy and I like it but the stainless steel seems
to heat up extremely fast and so I’m pretty
impressed with using a stainless steel coffee
pot on top of the jet boil that I’ll admit now the
jet boil seems to work faster more efficient
then my camp stove that I really enjoy when I
set up a permanent camp.

I had decided after one use a Jet boil Cheapie
version would always be in my camp. But I
also wanted my butane stove too.

The hair spray cans that go in my camp stove I
personally still enjoyed having them around
and having my camp stove for when I do
finally get to a frying pan and cooking up a
large breakfast with a lot of ingredients.
Now that’s not to say that I am cooking with
that because this jet boil seems to capture my
attention and having those little tiny parts that
fit inside of each other and cooking up a meal for just one single serving that’s really got my interest and I seem to be
drawn to that as it is so much easier when it’s cold and when you’re in a hurry but I think I’ll always have both. I like
redundancy and back ups. You never know what might happen on the Miss.
Sometimes necessities good to have an good to have around when your backpacking or in an emergency like the jet boil
in having that little cooking kit unfortunately most of the cooking it’s missing but I’ll replace it but there’s also
something to be said for the emotional comfort of the camp stove that I enjoy even if I don’t use it every day or use it
every other day. There is something comforting about looking at it in its own box container and having it there just in
case I need it. Since both are self starters I really feel spoiled from the old ‘make that fire’ to get a pot on and eat smoke
before ever getting a hot brew in you. (I still do campfire to save fuel) and it’s fun to look at a campfire and see your
coffeepot.