good morning i am no longer in california i am here at the lost dutchman state park
in arizona it's about 40 miles east of phoenix in the tonto national forest just at the base of the
superstition mountains it's a really beautiful location i stopped here back in november of 2020
just to camp overnight i didn't film it and i just thought it was absolutely beautiful and it
would make a great pit stop area on my way to my next location i arrived here yesterday afternoon
after about eight hours on the road that's a longer stretch than i normally like to do
in one day i usually like to keep it below six hours if possible it's a pretty uneventful drive
on interstate 10 but let me show you a little bit how it looked yesterday getting in here
welcome to sunny and warm arizona
this is a really beautiful spot and when i stayed here in november of 2020 there were less people
here i'm definitely not alone in this park arizona is a very popular destination for snow birds and
van lifers and people seeking warmer climates during the winter months believe it or not i lived
in phoenix back in 2006 for about seven months i lived in a suburb of phoenix called avondale i was
working for a film studio in phoenix believe it or not they had a film studio and at that period
of my life i was working in post-production in hollywood and i came out here for a trial run
but because of the heat in the summer i just couldn't deal with it and it didn't last very
long as i mentioned this is just a quick pit stop i arrived late yesterday afternoon and i'll stay
again tonight i wanted to take this opportunity just to kind of get things organized and i thought
this would be a beautiful place to do that i want to organize things before the next leg of
my adventure here so yeah it's a good spot there's trails so go for a little hike later and just kick
back here around camp but right now i think i want to make some breakfast just something easy today
it smells good in here
so
okay
one of my projects today is to go through my hiking and backpacking gear
to see if i need anything there is an rei on my route to my next spot
so if i need anything now is a good time to find out i may have a backpacking trip coming up
what a beautiful day it's easy to see why the snowbirds flock here during the
winter the temperature during the day at least right now is in the low 70s here in this area
it can be colder when you get to higher elevations but right here it's very pleasant overnight it's
in the 40s in the mid 40s so it's just very very pleasant if you watched my last video you saw that
i purchased a camp oven for myself and i did a breakfast of some cinnamon rolls which i burned
the bottom of and then i also made a pizza in the evening for dinner so many of you had suggestions
for me like raising the rack so that i don't have my food so close to the heat source and therefore
hopefully won't burn it and some other suggestions as well so tonight i'm going to try it again
hopefully i will dial it in at some point and just it will be second nature to me but tonight
we are going to make a chicken enchilada casserole everything's pretty much cooked so you're really
just you know warming it up and blending my mouth is watering oh my gosh i must be hungry
just blending all the flavors together and melting the cheese and getting it nice and
warm so hopefully it'll turn out well a lot of you suggested putting the pizza stone at the bottom
so i'm going to do that this time and i'm also going to cover it with tin foil in case there's
anything dripping it will keep the oven clean and here are my ingredients some corn tortillas
pre-cooked shredded chicken monterey jack cheese some diced green chilies
and i'm going to do a green chili enchilada sauce okay we're going to preheat the oven a little bit
and now to assemble the casserole i'm going to pour a little bit of
the enchilada sauce on the bottom lay in some tortillas two tortillas
chicken
diced green chili
cheese
another layer
okay i'm gonna go ahead and pop this in the oven
it's good and hot right now
300 degrees i definitely could have cooked this outside this evening there's no wind and it's warm
enough so it shouldn't affect the temperature of the oven however there are so many people around
and i don't really like filming with an audience so i just thought i'd do it inside for privacy
reasons it's been about 10 minutes so i'm going to turn this around to make sure it cooks evenly
bottoms up
um
so tasty i wish you were here to share it with me if you've never tried the
green enchilada sauce i highly recommend it it's a totally different flavor but so good
so
do
well all right those enchiladas are a hit it makes me realize how much i've missed being able to make
dishes like that here in the camper and now i can i even have leftovers for dinner tomorrow night
i hope you enjoyed this look around lost dutchman state park my preferred method of camping is
boondocking dry camping dispersed camping where it's a little bit more secluded however this
spot is really beautiful and i know some people don't like dispersed camping and broom docking so
this is another option it's very convenient that i'll be able to dump my tanks tomorrow
and fill up with water dump my trash this site here is a dry site i don't have full hookups
but they do offer those utilities and facilities here at the campground they also do have showers
available as well which is nice i'm going to go ahead and call it a night and relax
and enjoy the rest of the evening here stay tuned for the next adventure we'll see
where i end up next i thank you all for joining me i always appreciate your support if you like
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