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We went camping at Lassen National Park this weekend. It was lots of fun. First, thanks you Susie's Uncle for taking us. It couldn't have been fun dealing with 6 annoying teenagers. And also thanks for saving us from our extreme stupidity and forseeing problems before they actually happened. That definitely helped.

So I guess I'll do a breif rundown of what happened.

So I got picked up from work a little after 12. We drove for a good 5 hours to the park where we set up camp and started to realize that we forgot things. First off, I realized I left the butter I was supposed to bring in the refrigerator at my work. Then we realize we didn't have matches cause when Vanessa and Nayson were loading the car, they dropped the lighter fluid and it cracked. Of course, we remembered to buy more lighter fluid but we fergot the matches were in the same bag, so we ended up with lighter fluid but no matches to start the fire. Fortunately, suzie's uncle happened to have extra matches so we used those instead. Once we start cooking, we realize that we are short on tinfoil. We brought one roll but it was extremely low so we had to reuse our tinfoil. So we hook up a propane tank to our portable grill and it's low. Of course we were smart enough to realize this before we left, so we bought 2 extra tanks after the half filled one was done. Unfortunately, we weren't smart enough to pack the 2 extra tanks so those got left behind. In the mean time, others of us are setting up the tent. Most people have a small roll out mat for our sleeping bags to go on. But not nayson. He bring this giant foldout mattress. He also gets this HUGE space in the back of the tent. There are four of us on half of the tent and Nayson and Sarah on the other half. This doesn't seem too fair eh? Finally we finish cooking everything and we eat everything and we're happy. Play some games, talk, and get ready for bed. (Never brush your teeth with 6 other people when there's only one faucet) Oh, steph HAD to bring her electric toothbrush that was the loudest thing in the entire forest at 11 at night. Finally we go to bed.

So it's the next morning and we start cooking. There are a dozen eggs and there are 7 of us. We're hungry. So we eat all the eggs, leaving none for the next day. There was supposed to be 24, but of course we forgot to bring the other dozen. Smart aren't we? Nayson makes a whole pack of bacon. He now has a new name, Princess Bacon. After a calorie filled breakfast, we drive off to the base of a trail for a hike. - I usually don't eat breakfast. My stomache is weak. Nayson drives really fast around twisty roads. I get carsick really easily - We arrive and my stomach feels like... well bad. I look around, there's snow EVERYWHERE. I'm wearing shorts. I look at the trail and it is a narrow path covered in snow. great... So we set off in our tennis shoes climbing up a snow covered mountain at approximately 7000 ft above sealevel. So we huff and puff our way up the hill. Part of the way up Nayson notices that we have reception there (there was none at the campsite) so we all steal his cell phone and call our parents. After that, we continue our hike up the mountain until we get to a point where we were about to enter very ominous looking clouds. We decide, to Nayson's delight and Suzie's dismay, to turn around. After a very slippery walk down to the base we drive off to see the hot springs. They were gorgeous but the smelled like crap (the picture above is there). We then return back for lunch and we realize that we forgot more stuff. THe day before, I brought hamburger meat to suzie's house to put in the cooler. Of course, she managed to forget that so we had hamburger buns without meat. So we made hotdogs, and Princess Bacon cooked us more bacon (we had tons - Costco size baby!). Keeping with convention, we forgot mustard and ketchup. Nayson at somepoint spills coke on the potatoes and wastes the whole bag. We then spend the rest of the afternoon being lazy. Suzie, Sarah, Steph, and Nayson decide to go wading in this pool that they convince themselves is warm. Sarah and Suzie get soaked, which was hilarious for the rest of us. We then spend the evening cooking, eating, and playing word games. Steph wakes up the whole forest again with her toothbrush and then we all go to sleep.

It's the middle of the night, and I hear noises. Finally I realize who it is.
Steph: (whisper)I need to go to the bathroom
Suzie: (whisper)Oh, I need to go, I'll go with you.
Steph: (yells) THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU!
Suzie: (yells) NAYSON! WHERE'S YOUR FLASHLIGHT!?
*they storm off to the bathroom making more noise than a bear defending its cubs*

We wake up in the morning and decide we're too lazy to cook anything. We eat some muffins and bagels. I make some hot milk for myself then added chocolate for chocolate milk for other ppl. We packed up and set off for home. Nayson drives like a maniac again, but Vanessa and I finally find a way to calm him down. Nayson came up with a game in an attempt to justify him passing Suzie's car infront of us. OF course, Vanessa and I add more rules to the game so that Nayson never gets the chance to pass him (although nayson tried to make more rules so he could win). If you want the rules to the game, feel free to ask me. It may one day save your life =P. Anyways, we finally made it home. All in all an excellent trip despite all our own inadequacies. Great people always make a trip wonderful.

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posted by Edward Young @ 5:36 PM