Pink Picnic Stove on Ebay

It's very Fifties/Sixties, very Outdoorsy, and very Pink: Coleman Pink Single Burner Picnic Stove

I see these often on the auctions, and almost all are offered at very reasonably low bids (I could be mistaken but I'm pretty sure that your typical nostaligic outdoorsman manly-man-type isn't much interested in pink stoves. Undoubtedly when Coleman marketed these they were aiming for the manly-man-type's Better-Half. There was also a version of the same picnic stove in the more classic Coleman green.

Because it's a bit different than the typical camp stove, it caught my eye... just because I like the mid-century feel of this. I can see a family packing up one of these into the station wagon for an afternoon getaway at the lake.

Mind you, if you decide to bid on this, the stove was designed to use small LP gas cans that popped in easily for the stove fuel, also sold by Coleman. And I haven't seen these sold since I was a kid. So... unless you're handy and can rig-up only a SAFE means to hook up to a modern LP gas canister (which I am only guessing can be done - I'm not making any claims and taking NO responsibilities here!), remember that if you decide to bid that this will likely be useful only for a display item only.

Campground Cabins for the Modern-Minded

SPECULATOR, NEW YORK Camp Of The Woods VINTAGE 1960s POST CARD, originally uploaded by Christian Montone.

Yes, I'm dreaming a lot these days of the upcoming camping trip I've got planned for next month.

Though Junior and I are not going to be staying in any ultra modern lakeside cabins like this one, I can imagine what it'd be like. Couldn't you imagine spending a nice long holiday in a setting like this? Glass walls, angled roof supports and bright colors... heck, I could live here!

Incidentally this is from a postcard dated back to the Sixties for Camp Of The Woods, Speculator, New York.

Cool Cooler on Ebay

One of the things I seem to be accumulating are vintage camp thermoses and coolers. Not only are they still reliable for camping trips, but they look great above the cabinet in my kitchen! I really like the highly graphic design on this little cooler. I'd make a bid on it myself, but sometimes you just have to stick to the budget ;P ...but I can still look though!

Super Nice Vintage Cooler on Ebay

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Hope that all are enjoying a Happy Fathers Day!

It's been raining cats and dogs here, literally one nasty storm after another pile-driving through all day long today. I no sooner turn on the 'puter and log back on than another round of rumbling starts up for me to duck under... and its time to pull the plug on the works again.

Junior had planned on taking his ol' pop fishing today at the lake, but it's just not going to happen. Otherwise we might end up being the ones looking like barbeque at the end of a stick :P

Anyways, there'll be other days. The sun will come out, the birds will be singing and the Grand Outdoors will be calling our name. Until then we'll be dreaming about it... and praying that the next thing making like a bolt of lightning will be us speeding off to the lake.