Camping + Orange Peel Muffins

A few weeks ago, Buck and I took our first little getaway, just the two of us. I was on vacation for a week, so Buck worked summer hours in order to leave work early Friday afternoon. I spent the morning packing for our adventure and when my sweet husband arrived home we set off for Kettle Moraine State Park for a little camping trip. We had the most wonderful, relaxing time and it was so refreshing to spend a night away from home, alone, for the first time since our honeymoon. Buck has a really hard time actually relaxing and not working on projects, so I was glad that he was able to enjoy forced relaxation. We sipped homemade mojitos by the campfire, cooked a delicious meal, sat on the beach chit-chatting about life, played frisbee, made campfire orange peel muffins(!), went for a bike ride and a hike. It was glorious. I am so excited for more adventures as the summer continues.

Buck chose this limestone trail for our little bike ride, unfortunately my road bike tires weren't able to handle it, and I ended up with a flat tire. Despite the little setback, I made the most of it and picked some wildflowers while Buck rode back to get what we needed to fix my tire. Buck is always coming to my rescue and I hardly mind a bit. :) 

As we were planning for our camping adventure, Buck really wanted to try something new, and he ended up finding the idea for campfire orange peel muffins on Pinterest (though he won't admit that that's where he found them.) They were a lot of work, and pretty messy, but so tasty! We both agreed they tasted similar to those Pillsbury orange glaze sweet rolls. If you'd like to try them for yourself you can follow the directions below! (and as always, I stink at giving directions, but it really is so easy) :

Campfire Orange Peel Muffins: 

What you need: 

• 4 small oranges
• 1 package of just-add-water muffin mix
• water

Directions: 

• Cut the top 1/4 off of each muffin and scrape the orange out. 
• Mix the muffin batter
• Fill the orange peels 3/4 full with muffin batter
• Wrap in tinfoil, leaving a small hole at the top
• Place on fire coals for approximately 20 minutes

Enjoy! :)