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Julie and I are minimalists. We live out of two duffels and two backpacks. We successfully travel in a small truck and camper by resisting temptation to add more stuff. So, we like your husband!
Minimalists means one stove. It's inside. No disrespect intended, but when we hear someone say, "We always cook outside," we know they are fair weather campers and don't get out much. We cook very simple meals. Most often dinner is a big salad. Cooking is mostly boiling water or heating up vacuum sealed stews from home. A turnbuckle port is open and the fan above is on when cooking. We also enjoy cool and cold. The door and windows are often open - except with strong wind and weather. We almost always eat every meal outside when possible - our simple chairs, enjoying the view, bundled up if necessary, backs to the wind.
If ever we want a bbq'ed meal or something more elaborate, we join up with friends who carry this kind of gear and we look hungry.
We also don't hang around at camp. We are off doing something. Camp is a simple base of operations.
Keeping things simple also means the camper/truck are packed and ready to go. "Want to go somewhere?" We're out of here.
We very much want to keep our impact on the land as small as possible. We keep light to the bare minimum and use headlamps on red to hone our night vision. We don't want to disturb the critters all around us - many that most never notice with lights, campfires, noise.
Minimal light also means safety to us. You turn on a bright light - we know where you are. We don't turn on a light, you don't know where we are. We hone our skills with operating without light (or as little light as possible), the dark world at night opens up all around us.
