Have you ever heard of a Yurt? Yurts are somewhat like a cabin but circular, with a plexiglass dome on the ceiling. Oregon State Parks call it "Camping lite" because you need to bring everything you need for camping but the tent, or RV, or camper. It is really fun, and yes also rustic like any "regular" camping experience. A yurt is somewhat like a tent but it has electricity, a bunk bed, futon, table and chairs. Quite luxurious :))) Here is a link to Oregon State Parks explaining Yurts http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/PARKS/rustic.shtml#RUSTIC_YURTS . We just got back today from two days at Champoeg State Park. It was so much fun!!! Ron made our "usual" great camping dinner of Baked Beans with Hot Dogs. Honestly, it tastes so good when sitting around the campfire and both girls just LOVE the beans. The after dinner treat is of course a must of either roasted marshmallows or s'mores. This time we made s'mores. Graham crackers usually seem to be a safe food, well so far we have not found one w/o corn syrup in it but besides that, I have not seen any to contain whey, etc. For chocolate we used Lindt 85% Cocoa. I grated the chocolate and put it on the graham crackers while the girls roasted the marshmallows. I then took the roasted marshmallow of the stick, plopped it on the chocolate, put on the second cracker and voila...perfect s'mores. Alena LOVED them and she ate a total of three (!) s'mores...
