We stopped off in town at the Walmart to make sure we had plenty of supplies. True to Walmart fashion, it was crowded and slow, but at least the have the decency at this one to warn you as you're coming into the front door.
We took quite a few pictures of the scenery once we found a campsite, and here's the first.
The great and powerful Edge Nemesis looking all great and powerful on a dirt road.
Trees!
More trees!
Seriously Joanna? I think that's enough pictures of the fucking trees.
Here I am setting up the tent. This trip, we actually did not get into a fight whilst setting it up!
Check it out! Sweet creek right by our tent.
We bathed in that creek twice while we were there. The water was about 40 degrees. Parts of me did not like that.
The view from our tent door.
Here I am setting up the first night's fire. I don't know if she just stays out of the way while I'm doing it just to let me have some sense of manliness, she doesn't know how to make fire, or she's just lazy, but Joanna always leaves the fire to me.
If you look very closely, you can see the fire I made.
Looking back at the tent after I made fire, I suddenly realized that I was a camper. I'm so eXtreme!
We saw a really big doe (a deer. A female deer.) our first full day there. I know who is thinking what, and no, I didn't shoot it.
Our usual pose.
I like the other picture better because our smiles seem so much more genuine. But Joanna said that the last one was unflattering to her so she made me pose for another one. I posted both of them up on facebook and she yelled at me. So I posted both again here. Heh.
Goddammit Woman! What did I tell you about the tree pictures!
Day 2 Fire. After assembling quite a bit of cardboard from supplies we had acquired, I decided to make an elaborate construction to make the fire easier to light.
It basically was comprised from two pieces of cardboard coiled in opposite directions, and then filled with kindling.
I then took a larger piece of cardboard and laid it over the top of my kindling stuffed base and set a couple of logs (which we had sawed ourselves and then carried back to camp through the creek) on top of that. Once I lit the base, we had a roaring source of heat to cook our food on in less than 2 minutes. Fire is my bitch.
Joanna was unimpressed by my pyro-architecture. She will probably also be pissed that I posted this picture for whatever reason. Women are strange.
If you don't like hot dogs, never go camping with me. Also, you should probably not continue living.
Glorious dinner!
This is me telling Joanna that I didn't think her friends (the reason that we drove 4 hours to camp instead of one of the myriad of places nearby) were going to show up. I was soon proven wrong and ended being very happy that I had made the trip. I love her friends!
Once everyone showed up, various hi jinks ensued. I don't really know what John was doing here, but I'm sure it was hilarious.
Oh that's right, showing off his old man socks. On second thought, it wasn't so much hilarious as it was sad.
Here we have Brooke. She's doing something with a big stick!
Brooke and Andrew chilling out by the fire, Andrew is actually smiling because he is about to show off his famous "Andrew turns into a glowing red orb" trick.
See! Brooke is very impressed. But honestly, who hasn't seen that done before?
Once it got dark, I broke out the night vision goggles which are always a hit. John was the most fascinated by them, but that's probably because he can remember when his family got their first electric light.
I have no fucking clue what Brooke is doing here. I'm pretty sure she doesn't either.
Brooke getting crazy with the NVG.
Andrew wandered off into the pitch blackness saying that he needed to get some more firewood. He came back with a tree. Fucking Amish people.
Strike that. he came back with 2 trees.
Towards the bottom of this photo, you will see the greatest camping staple ever.
What the hell?!?
I don't think he's a mortal man. Fire has no affect on him!
So that's it! After all was said and done, we had a blast. I'm super happy I got to go out and have myself a three day weekend. Thanks everybody for reading!
