...highlights from camping...

This is a little overdue, and I'm going to keep this short because several other people have posted about it and I really want to get to my next post...

Night #1 (for my tent...night #2 for everyone else): 12:30ish midnight. "FIRE!!" I take my Nalgene (half filled with water) and put out the fire charred pinecones (in the firepit-not used because the campground did not allow campfires) ignited by mosquito sticks. Fire flares up again and what follows is a blur of events that included my tentmate yelling at me, "boxer-boy" running to get more water, and ending with "boxer-boy's" wife and I laughing hysterically as we try to comprehend how we could have easily burned up the Eastern Sierras.

Night #2/#3 for some others: I'm in the bathroom all by myself brushing my teeth and I hear "BEAR! BEAR!" Honking and car alarms go off. I casually walk to the door and poke my head out to see if I can see the bear. THE BEAR IS WALKING RIGHT PAST ME...ABOUT TWO FEET AWAY. Afriad of being mauled by the bear, I run into a stall and lock myself in it. I later find out the doors to the bathroom are purposely made small so bears cannot come in and maul people.

Best quotes (sorry...maybe more like inside jokes for us):

"Aw...did you see that beautiful medow?!!?"
"Aw...do you need a moment?"


"If a cougar is a woman that goes from younger men, what do you call a man that go for younger women?"
"A pervert."