Baking a cake...

As some of you might recall, there was a hiker named Risk, and when we ran into her it was her birthday.  This was in July 27, 2011.  When she said that she was going to bake a cake, I was like, "Whoa, can I help?"  Immediately I knew that I was going to use the One Egg Wonder to make it.  Which ended up being a 3 tiered cake, and she even got sprinkles.  This weekend we were with a friend and her boys at a boy scout camping trip, and we made pancakes.  The pancakes looked very very similar to the layers of cake that we made for Risk.  Which, is why I decided to repost this video and some pictures.  The video is of the cake when we were basically finished, and Risk is icing the cake.  Check out the following pics also.  2 pics of the cake and of Risk, then a few of the pancakes that I made yesterday morning at McKinney Falls State Park, outside of Austin, TX.  Good times!

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Here are the pancake pics:

Next up is the post of our visit to the park with the boy scouts.  Were were honored guests and even got to speak to the scouts about hiking safety.  Check back in for that shortly!

Cheers,

Supa Chef

Mobile App and smaller posts

When Speedy and I were on the trail, we used an app that allowed us to post when we got to town.  However, there is an official app that I have used before and I just downloaded again today.  I am planning on having a few more posts by way of mobile, and more frequently.  Some might be video posts.  Some might be just picture posts.  Some might just be a random thought that I have, or something I see that is interesting.

So, with that said, we are heading to camp with some Cub Scouts outside of Austin, TX today and tomorrow. We will be within phone range, so please stop by to see some posts that I might make during this timeframe.

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GoPro Time Lapse from Guadalupe Mountains!

I just wanted to let everyone see the awesomeness of time lapse.  I am sorry that this is kind of a lame thing to time lapse.  But hey, it was my first attempt.

Guadalupe Mountains National Park 2012 Hike, Bike, Dale!

Join us for a great and dusty adventure!



Wallace - Supa Chef

Guadalupe Mountains National Park!

Just wanted to post a real quick top 3 photos of our trip this weekend.  It ended up being a 1000 miles round trip.  We had just a great time.  I hope the pictures indicate that!  Plus there is a sale item pictured at the bottom.  If you are interested in the Hot Lips, they are going on-sale over at backpackinglight.com.

Renewed!!! Washing and lofting Down equipment

After we got back, we have not used our camping equipment except for once at our land.  So, since we are heading out on a camping trip this weekend, we decided that we should clean this stuff up.  They were not that dirty, but we concluded that they needed to be washed after the 1500 miles on the trip.  We washed our 4 sleeping bags, and our 2 MontBell Ultra Light Down Parkas.  In case anyone did not know, we lost the MontBell down pants in the mail at some point.  Plus the MontBell Alpine Light jackets, were not even close to dirty.

With that said, we used a Down specific soap, and used front loading laundromat washing machines.  Annette stated that she used the low heat setting to dry them.  She told me that she ran the machines for almost 2 hours, just to make sure.  She had bought a 3 pack of tennis balls, and continually opened the dryers to fluff and restore the loft to the down.

After seeing these results, I definitely recommend this type of cleaning service to restore the loft and clean the sleeping bag to ANYONE.  I hope the pictures show that the jackets appear to have done VERY well.  The sleeping bags did the same also.  But to me it is easy to see the results in the jackets.

For Sale: Mountain Hardwear Women's Switch Sleeping bag & Thermarest Prolite 3 Regular Sleeping pad

 The sale is going on at BPL = = = >  CLICK HERE TO BUY

Why Fast? Part Two – Cancer - Mark's Daily Apple blog

Here is the second part to Mark's post on how fasting can help those suffering from Cancer.

Why Fast? Part Two – Cancer