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Saturday, July 29, 2006
Back from camping!
So, I just got back from my (near) week up above Fairfield, Idaho @ Five-Points Campground. Good times. Here some pics for all y'all, enjoy!  This is our tent. It previously housed the three of us... That soon changed.  That is what I look like in the morning. I know. You like it.  It's a Lynlea. She is reading her book. What a good little Basque...  This is my brother, Matt. We kicked him out of the tent because he smelled like shit. This was his new bed. In the van.  That's what I look like without a shirt on. It's rather tasty, if I do say so myself... Hehe... Pride? What?!?  He doesn't normally look like this...  I jacked my foot up the first night. I was cutting wood with a hatchet and the little thing decided to wound me. This is what it looked like after a few days of healing and love.  Everyone likes smores. Even Diabetics... (Lynlea, we love you)  Crazy kid... He is trying to be a badass... Whate vah...  This is called "Big Hole." We thought the name to be rather plain, so it is now called (by the fancy of my imagination and whim) "Deep Orifice."  Look at me balancing myself! I am such a good balancer.  This is my brother without his shirt on. Isn't he sexy?  Don't ask me, there is no explanation...  This is my brother doing what he likes to do. Not much  Lynlea looking at me. Hello, favorite! We had a great time. I have many stories (some repeatable, others, not so much...) and I wouldn't mind telling you all about them. It would take forever here, so just ask me about them in the comments. I will leave you a list of topics:
1) "How the hell did you cut your foot like that, Mike?" 2) The serial-killer redneck. 3) My adventure with Idaho Fish & Game. 4) The tent situation. Namely, how Matt got voted off of the island. 5) Food. That is a topic in itself. 6) The Gremlins. 7) The friendly deer. 8) My Naked Adventure 9) "How did you stay clean?" 10) Anyhting else your little hearts desire
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10 Comments:
What of naps, flashlights, and socks? Oh, wait... they're not on the list of topics. I guess I'll have to sit around in optimistic anticipation. :) Hmm... don't you just love that word? Anticipation... say it with me... hahaha Wow. You're my favorite.
Redneck? Gremlins? Did you guys camp in the world of 80's horror movies? Looks like you had some fun.
Somehow, I'm quite certain that "staying clean" wasn't a big concern...
... if my assumption is correct, how did poor Matt get voted off the island?
I am quite disturbed by the images...
Lynlea (The Basque): Naps. You interrupt them. I was going to cause you much physical pain but I couldn't... So I just hit you with a pillow instead. Flashlights. They shine. Socks. Hehe... I like socks.
Ian: We had this redneck guy who wanted to kill us. I swwear he did. He pulled into the campground at 1am-ish with a rickity old truck with only one headlight, a bent front-end, and it was burnt. It was so terrifying. My brother thought he saw Gremlins out in the open but he's just crazy... We love that kid.
Kyle: We did stay clean. We went to the river and to the hot springs and bathed out bodies. Well, Lynlea and I bathed our bodies. Matty smelled until we made him. Matt kept snoring and farting and moving about so we jokingly kicked him out for a night. It was nice. So we made it permanent.
Ben: Umm.... ok.
Interesting pictures,
Looks like you all had much fun.
What a sexy Mexican.
Have you ever seen Hellsing? That picture of you with the knife reminded me of that.
Meaghan: We had a ton of fun! We are going again in September, I think, for fall break. This guy will most likely be joining us.
Rob the Cuban: I haven't seen the movie. But I will go rent it just for you having said that.
Hell ya, i'm going! It's going to be a blast... should I bring my six shooter just incase the hick comes back to get us?
Oregon here, a little less desertish. I did a week in the Cascades by myself, in a RV. I know, I'm old. We used to be ardent backpackers, laughing at the old people in their RV's. Just gave our backpacking equipment to our daughter and her sig other. I started smelling, but I was alone, so, who cared? Found a new campground now, no banks to climb up and down with my old knees. Hope to do a week at it before warm weather goes away. Love a river on a hot day.
Uh - some of those pictures are, um, disturbing!
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