Seababe

We are FINALLY getting to head out <fingers crossed> for a four day away from the city camping trip to PINS and the area around it.

Many questions.

First, are the showers all cold ones where available? I am a cold natured person.

I am doing this to get away not only from the city but from the kids (as in cooking, cleaning etc...) I actually told my daughter who lives in an apt. a couple miles away (I am a VERY good cook) I was leaving and she said shocked "But MOM I need FOOD in my life!" I am seriously handing her $20.00 and telling her "Luby's does it nearly as good as I do".

I am not against cooking on the campfire but don't want to have to pack and carry alot of groceries and or dishes/pots/pans and have to clean them. I think a cooler with burgers and hotdogs will suffice and we can always get take-out or grocery store food.

I want electric hookups I believe I HAVE to have my coffee maker....or are there cheap ones that work well on camp fires? <says the city girl lol>

I know I have more questions.....I want to collect more sea shells, we are also bringing our 1 year old Lab with us.

Turn Key

We bought one of the french presses I've linked to below. We got it for our trip to RMNP last year where we knew we would have no hook-ups. Some like this model and some don't. We found that it made great coffee though our "Mr. Coffeee" type machine in the "5th" is easier. Still, if you don't have electricity, this is a good option and makes far better coffee then what you'd get from that perced over a campfire.

GSI Lexan Java Press - 33 oz. from REI.com

Hope you have a great trip and happy camping!

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MissionCamper

Starbucks Barista Thermal Travel Press®(at very bottom)

I use this for single mug servings. With the multi-cup version, I've found that the coffee tends to get bitter if left sitting for a time with the grounds still in it.

In either case, cleanup is easy...just rinse the grounds into a paper towel and toss in the trash.

Stove coffee pot now only gets used for heating water.

Have fun at PINS.

Hippy

If I am not tight for space we always use the old percolator type of coffee maker (ya know the kind ya see in old westerns), it makes the best tasting coffee IMO, my last trip when I was real tight for space we used the Folgers Coffee Singles and just heated water in 1 of our cook pots and we were very pleased with them.

The worst coffee I ever had was when we ran short of drinking water on one of our river trips and I just had to have my coffee that last morning so I used the nasty melted ice water out of the cooler

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Seababe

Thanks guys! I can rough it just fine.....but not without caffeine lol.