Camping

Mike and I went camping this weekend, and though we did far less hiking than normal, we did way more "memory building". Too bad the memory building was not on purpose! Firstly, we spent a long time trying to actually get out of town. Too many things that we forgot, and then trying to drop stuff off for friends, and it just took like an hour or two to get out of Pittsburgh. Once we made it to Ohiopyle we had lots of fun getting out campsite set up and getting some food thrown together. After we spent some time relaxing on the side of the river, we built a fire and just relaxed. The next morning we really enjoyed just spending some time reading, playing in the fire, and eating lots of really yummy campfire eggs. Mike makes the best scrambled eggs over a campfire for whoever really cares. We went for a hike, but cut it a little short because we started hearing thunder and really didn't want to hike in the rain. Unfortunately my new chacos decided to give me a little blister, so longer hiking was out for the rest of the day, period. We almost got run over by about a thousand bicyclists, but thats okay.

Anyway, the true memory building came in the middle of the second night. About 3:00 we were woke up by an excrutiatingly loud, "What the F*#@%$@&!!!" I thought there was a bear attacking the neighbors! Then a loud, "There is a F*#^&@^#*ing BEE!!!" "The F*#&@&ing bee is crawling into my SHOE!!!" Anyway, it went on like this for about 10 minutes. I've never heard so many profanities in the middle of the night! It was so funny that we were sleeping and were rudely awakened, and then couldn't sleep because we were laughing at the swearing lady. The next morning the lady walked by and apologized, but even her apology was chock-full of profanities. I felt sorry for all the families with small children in the campground. Imagine trying to explain to the children what that lady was screaming about. Anyway, a memory of a lady swearing will always be with us to remind us of this Memorial Day weekend.

I am getting ready to eat my cucumbers and vinegar. mmmmmmm, summer!