A Cheezer Dinner Near the Mud Caves

Kate & I met some friends out at the Mud Caves in Anza Borrego State Park the first weekend in April 2013.  We drove about two hours in my truck to camp two nights & serve Mad Munch for the first time to some close friends.

Our old friend, Gina organized the whole thing & at her camp-outs she always made people draw for a meal to prepare during the weekend (Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast, Saturday lunch, etc.).  Kate & I ended up with Saturday dinner.  We decided ahead of time to let our friends chose from this menu that I created the week before:

I handed out the menus the night before around the campfire & let the thirteen of us (including Kate & I) have time to place their order for dinner the next evening.

The next day we took the 4WD vehicles out barreling over the sandy washes to the Mud Caves.  Though they weren't muddy at all, we explored them for hours with headlamps.  It was cool down there on a warm & dusty afternoon & the alcohol beverages went down a little too easy.  

Afterwards we went over to Agua Caliente County Park & had a few more while soaking in the giant natural spring hot tub covered by a greenhouse looking structure.  It was a welcome calm before the storm.

Back at camp, Kate & I fired up the grill (for only the third time), heated up the canned Hormel Chili & tomato soup.  Kate buttered up the bread & I started on the Cheezer orders.  

Things started off okay until the wind kicked up & the my three burners on the grill kept blowing out.  After re-lighting them several times, I turned it up on high to keep it lit.  The two of us struggled to block the wind with paper plates, aluminum foil, & finally trying to hang up a tarp.  

It was absolute chaos- I burned a couple of sandwiches, threw an empty can or two & our trash kept blowing around like a tumble weed.  The orders took twice as long as we'd imagined, but we did knock out the dozen or so Cheezers & sides of soups.  Everyone eventually got what they ordered.   

"These sandwiches are so damn good," somebody said.

"I never had a grilled cheese like this before, this is next level," another person commented. 

"Where'd you guys come up with these wild combinations- chili, corn chips & sour cream- I love it!"

 

I'm not sure if everyone was being nice with our struggle being on full display, but everyone they certainly got dinner & a show while the sun was going down in the desert that night.