Camping
I fucking love it out there. We feasted like kings the whole time! I will never again go camping without artichoke hearts-- they made everything even better! Neva was hilarious, barking and growling at everyone who walked by.. The first night was just my dad, Liz and I.. and Neva. It was chill, we had artichoke sausages with more artichokes chopped up with tomatoes and the remaining sausage.. So good. The next day, dad's friend Danny showed up. He's a cool guy, and his license plate says HRD AWN. Yup. And he has a mullet. And he calls Neva Vern XD
Actually, before Danny came, Ted showed up and I helped him unload the wood and the barbecue. We had buku wood. Ted's a weird guy. He gets up at four in the morning, has a nap in the afternoon, and goes to bed at eight sharp. We always had to get food ready around six because of him >P So basically we'd get done with lunch and start thinking about dinner. SO MUCH FOOD. Pastrami and artichoke heart sandwiches, burgers, cheddarworst, italian sausage, chili (lots of chili x.x), breakfast burritos full of leftovers, six tri tips which we didn't finish, chicken, potato salad, chorizo and eggs, pasta roni, ribs, mashed potatoes, and so much more.
Dad spilled chicken marinade all over our CD's. I was furious. I was washing marinade and onions out of my CD case and off my CD's for the next half hour or more. Ended up tossing out my case and hoping most of my CD's still work. Have to buy a new one...
Went crawdading which was a lot of fun, even though I felt bad 'cause they were going to be boiled and eaten. At least we tossed back the tiny ones without claws. It was damn funny. Carl and Tracy came with their kid Shawn, the kid was why we were crawdading. Ted's daughter Leigh and her cousin Joscelyn went along as well as Ted. Everyone was busying themselves trying to find more because someone had come before us and gotten a lot of them (chicken pieces were all over). Tracy, Liz and I are huddled around the pot that held the mostly alive crawdads conspiratorily. Carl walks by, "What are you girls doing?" "Just poking at 'em..." As soon as his back was turned we rushed to pick out the little ones without getting pinched and Tracy would grab them, squeak out an "Ew!" and throw them back into the river. We laughed so hard.
Mitch came out for one night (better than nothing) and stoked up the fire like a nutcase. He was so gone I had to show him where his truck was. He also slept in the field in between our campsites. We had four, two on one side and two on the other. At one point he was shouting for us to go out into the field and look at the stars (because he was taking a break from shouting about going out of the part to some place with hot tubs. They were all too drunk to drive and Liz, Gab and I were not about to take them there). No one was going, so I volunteered. I had been sassing him all night so he was surprised I came, I think. Anyway, we both layed down and looked up at the stars for a bit. The sky was amazing..
There was a douchebag ranger who came by that night and told us to turn off the radio, which we hadn't done any other night. He went on for a while about being quiet and blah blah blah and then as he walked away Liz made some comment about feeling like she was back in school. He whirls around and shouts, "Do you wanna be back in schooi?!" We're all like.... What? Most of them are too drunk to really respond quickly so Liz replies with a quite obvious No. He launches into some tirade that end up with something about going to another park. I was surprised that Mitch didn't say anything, except to say, "Good Job LIz," as he went away for the second time. Go back to school? What the fuck was that guy talking about? I should have said something. Like he has the power to return anyone to school? Wtf. Anyway, it was still a grand old time.
Last night we brought out the telescope and Uncle Chuck was there which was awesome. Except the telescope didn't work. My dad was pissed. It was so funny, three men and two girls in the middle of a field trying to get the telescope to work. We were joking and being retarded and it was all good because we still had the binoculars. Gab and I were lying on the ground most of the time, then we would blind everyone and laugh like dorks. I only really pissed Gab off once or twice, which was pretty good. The telescope had worked in the daylight and my dad swore he saw a rabbit. Chuck was trying to mess with it and shouted that he saw a rabbit. I don't know why, but rabbits were brought up a lot the last two days or so. I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe for the coughing.
This morning, Chuck and I went on a great hike and I got some fantastic pictures with the camera that my friend Jay was so kind to loan me for the occasion. There was this cool decrepit house that we took pictures of and in front of, then we hiked through the burned hillside. It was crazy to see all the ash and dead trees and stuff from the fires. It got so close to the capmsites, and a lot of the trails are closed.... In other news, I am really out of shape >.<
And Neva was a trooper going through the forest and the river. She'd jump up and over logs and shit no problem. The only thing for her is the water, but she got through it.
We had a skunk visit us a few times and tear through our garbage... Carl named it Stripey.
I'm going to go hardcore camping with my uncle sometime this year. No leaving food and shit out, not sleeping in the same clothes you cooked in, all that stuff. It'll be awesome! We'll also work in a visit to Hearst Castle.
This won't be funny to anyone else, but I need to remember it: The new Snappy Snap Snap according to Chuck is Crooney Croon Crooner.
OH my dad was falling asleep at the campfire and we started talking to him and he responded all weird. I remarked that we were talking to his subconscious and we giggles a bit. Then Chuck asks, "And then what happened?" Dad replies, "We blew up." We laugh hella hard, trying to stay quiet. Chuck goes, "Oh no, that's not good. Bad news bears." Dad:" Bad news bears, yes ma'm." We were dying.
We made banana boats almost every night. Tracy remembered Liz introducing them to us last year and freaking loved 'em.
I curse a lot when camping. It doesn't help that I'm around my dad and a lot of other men who are drinking beer from eight in the morning on, but whatever. That's the only bad part about it. They're all drinking and smoking constantly. Carl couldn't remember what happened most nights. One of the nights I told the neutron joke and he was so excited, I was his new best friend and we had more in common that my dad and I. He pissed off my dad with that one xD The next morning he didn't remember it at all. It was funny, 'cause I could tell the same joke every night and it would be like the first time he heard it, but it was also really lame.
I love being in nature. It's so beautiful! Just being there, doing nothing but enjoying the surroundings and a full stomache...
I do not want to go back to work x.x
Actually, before Danny came, Ted showed up and I helped him unload the wood and the barbecue. We had buku wood. Ted's a weird guy. He gets up at four in the morning, has a nap in the afternoon, and goes to bed at eight sharp. We always had to get food ready around six because of him >P So basically we'd get done with lunch and start thinking about dinner. SO MUCH FOOD. Pastrami and artichoke heart sandwiches, burgers, cheddarworst, italian sausage, chili (lots of chili x.x), breakfast burritos full of leftovers, six tri tips which we didn't finish, chicken, potato salad, chorizo and eggs, pasta roni, ribs, mashed potatoes, and so much more.
Dad spilled chicken marinade all over our CD's. I was furious. I was washing marinade and onions out of my CD case and off my CD's for the next half hour or more. Ended up tossing out my case and hoping most of my CD's still work. Have to buy a new one...
Went crawdading which was a lot of fun, even though I felt bad 'cause they were going to be boiled and eaten. At least we tossed back the tiny ones without claws. It was damn funny. Carl and Tracy came with their kid Shawn, the kid was why we were crawdading. Ted's daughter Leigh and her cousin Joscelyn went along as well as Ted. Everyone was busying themselves trying to find more because someone had come before us and gotten a lot of them (chicken pieces were all over). Tracy, Liz and I are huddled around the pot that held the mostly alive crawdads conspiratorily. Carl walks by, "What are you girls doing?" "Just poking at 'em..." As soon as his back was turned we rushed to pick out the little ones without getting pinched and Tracy would grab them, squeak out an "Ew!" and throw them back into the river. We laughed so hard.
Mitch came out for one night (better than nothing) and stoked up the fire like a nutcase. He was so gone I had to show him where his truck was. He also slept in the field in between our campsites. We had four, two on one side and two on the other. At one point he was shouting for us to go out into the field and look at the stars (because he was taking a break from shouting about going out of the part to some place with hot tubs. They were all too drunk to drive and Liz, Gab and I were not about to take them there). No one was going, so I volunteered. I had been sassing him all night so he was surprised I came, I think. Anyway, we both layed down and looked up at the stars for a bit. The sky was amazing..
There was a douchebag ranger who came by that night and told us to turn off the radio, which we hadn't done any other night. He went on for a while about being quiet and blah blah blah and then as he walked away Liz made some comment about feeling like she was back in school. He whirls around and shouts, "Do you wanna be back in schooi?!" We're all like.... What? Most of them are too drunk to really respond quickly so Liz replies with a quite obvious No. He launches into some tirade that end up with something about going to another park. I was surprised that Mitch didn't say anything, except to say, "Good Job LIz," as he went away for the second time. Go back to school? What the fuck was that guy talking about? I should have said something. Like he has the power to return anyone to school? Wtf. Anyway, it was still a grand old time.
Last night we brought out the telescope and Uncle Chuck was there which was awesome. Except the telescope didn't work. My dad was pissed. It was so funny, three men and two girls in the middle of a field trying to get the telescope to work. We were joking and being retarded and it was all good because we still had the binoculars. Gab and I were lying on the ground most of the time, then we would blind everyone and laugh like dorks. I only really pissed Gab off once or twice, which was pretty good. The telescope had worked in the daylight and my dad swore he saw a rabbit. Chuck was trying to mess with it and shouted that he saw a rabbit. I don't know why, but rabbits were brought up a lot the last two days or so. I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe for the coughing.
This morning, Chuck and I went on a great hike and I got some fantastic pictures with the camera that my friend Jay was so kind to loan me for the occasion. There was this cool decrepit house that we took pictures of and in front of, then we hiked through the burned hillside. It was crazy to see all the ash and dead trees and stuff from the fires. It got so close to the capmsites, and a lot of the trails are closed.... In other news, I am really out of shape >.<
And Neva was a trooper going through the forest and the river. She'd jump up and over logs and shit no problem. The only thing for her is the water, but she got through it.
We had a skunk visit us a few times and tear through our garbage... Carl named it Stripey.
I'm going to go hardcore camping with my uncle sometime this year. No leaving food and shit out, not sleeping in the same clothes you cooked in, all that stuff. It'll be awesome! We'll also work in a visit to Hearst Castle.
This won't be funny to anyone else, but I need to remember it: The new Snappy Snap Snap according to Chuck is Crooney Croon Crooner.
OH my dad was falling asleep at the campfire and we started talking to him and he responded all weird. I remarked that we were talking to his subconscious and we giggles a bit. Then Chuck asks, "And then what happened?" Dad replies, "We blew up." We laugh hella hard, trying to stay quiet. Chuck goes, "Oh no, that's not good. Bad news bears." Dad:" Bad news bears, yes ma'm." We were dying.
We made banana boats almost every night. Tracy remembered Liz introducing them to us last year and freaking loved 'em.
I curse a lot when camping. It doesn't help that I'm around my dad and a lot of other men who are drinking beer from eight in the morning on, but whatever. That's the only bad part about it. They're all drinking and smoking constantly. Carl couldn't remember what happened most nights. One of the nights I told the neutron joke and he was so excited, I was his new best friend and we had more in common that my dad and I. He pissed off my dad with that one xD The next morning he didn't remember it at all. It was funny, 'cause I could tell the same joke every night and it would be like the first time he heard it, but it was also really lame.
I love being in nature. It's so beautiful! Just being there, doing nothing but enjoying the surroundings and a full stomache...
I do not want to go back to work x.x