Camping Trip, part 3
We woke up in the bitter, bitter cold.
The weatherman said that it was in the high 30s, but we all know that weatherman are always wrong. By sticking my thumb in my mouth and then waving it around in the air, I determined myself that it actually 15 degrees. Factor in windchill and the fact that we slept on the ground, I was able to scientifically measure that it felt like -140. That or thereabouts.
It turns out that we had burned all of the gray logs the night before, except for one. Even then, it was rough because there was so much dew on all the logs from the lake. I set to work right away, chipping away little shreds of the remaining gray log and feeding it to the last starter log we had. I didn’t even bother with the yellow logs, because we couldn’t get those to burn the night before even when we had a real fire going. So there wasn’t a point.
It wasn’t much of a fire… I mean, what can you do with woodchips, right? I’m not sure if I really cared at the time. It was so stinking cold, that I just wanted to keep moving and not get hypothermia. So I just kept cutting and splitting wood to stay warm. (In case you didn’t know, I get cold really easily. I wear a sweater at work… in the summertime, because the A/C is too strong for me. So this overnight cold really was tough on my body.)
Long story short, it eventually got going. Never give up, never surrender.
I look like a confused puppy that’s just asking for trouble
And as soon as the sun came up, we were all in a much better mood.
Hooray sun!
We ended up having kielbasa, oatmeal and eggs. We had a single remaining beer from the night before, so the infamous quote, “Beer and sausage: Breakfast of champions” probably came out at this time. (But really… beer AND sausage on Sunday morning? Shame on you!! I can see one or the other… but man, I hope you went to confession. =P ) Once we had food in our stomach, we started smiling and saying stupid things like, “This isn’t so bad…” And I guess it isn’t, once you’re not cold and hungry anymore.
Chris pulled out his ocarina and tried to go back in time.
The talented and very beautiful, Chris Russo.
Comments (16)
It took me three playbacks of the video before I could tell what song I was playing trying to play. That’s not a good sign.
well.. as weird as it sounds, i like the smell of the smoke… uhmm.. i think. im not sure.. well, there are a lot of different smoke smells, depends on what you burn first. if it was wood, i think it would actually smell nice.. if it’s rubber, well, i dun think it will be particularly nice.. ahahha.. cigarette smoke, that’s a no no. So really depends on what u burn first.. from BBQ? that’s good! super good!
. but anyways, I dunno about the idea of put fragrance of the smoke and bottle it..
-gRaCe-
i know that song!!! =) sooo christmassy…
i cannot believe you guys woke on frozen ice grass…did you guys even sleep at night??
i go to sleep with a huge wool blanket and a small blanket under that and if i don’t wear long sleeves to sleep, i wake up feeling cold.
no smoke anything for me… most people like a chinese dish called, smoked chicken and i dont really like that cuz it tastes burnt
^The grass wasn’t really frozen. I was exaggerating about how cold it was. =P
Grace: We smelled like wood smoke. I think it’s cool to smell like wood at first, but when you leave the smoke environment and go somewhere else,… like a church, then it starts to get weird and I feel like the odd, and smelly, man out.
I think smoke just smells like someone who has been lumbering all day. (lumbering?) I do like the smell of skunks.
What? What’s so terrible about me hunting? I come from a proud line of mountain women!
I love the first picture. Reminds me of writing in the outdoor books I loved as a child. ”At first there was nothing in the tent, nothing I could see, anyway. Then, I saw two small eyes, and suddenly there bolted toward me a terrifying, large…RUSSO.”
Woodsmoke smells wonderful and very masculine. I think it would make a great cologne.
Alban – it just occured to me – that girl probably thought you were Grade A Hawt. I mean, you did smell of smoke.
I replied on my site – sorry I missed it! (I think I recognize that lake…). And, I like smoke smell most of the time – I’m not exactly sure what makes the difference when I don’t, honestly – I’ll have to think about that one… off to counseling, now…
yup i’m always living on the edge….
camping too i see….. live it up and take in the scene….
this is living baby!
-n
hey Alban. I’m finally getting back to you. This is what my friend wrote:
The prophecy was this…. Bob Jones said that if the church continues to pray, God would usher in a president that would remove abortion and retrain homosexual marriages. Also usher revival.
about Sam brownback, Lou feels he could be the next president but thats not a prophecy. There are some rumors that sam brownback will run for president.
you helped him wash his hair??? yeah, that’s weird dude. hahahaha…I definitely laughed out loud. Greensleeves on Ocarina…nice. peace out dude
I don’t like the smell of cigarette smoke, but smoke from a fireplace, or campfire does smell good actually.
Kielbasa! Camping!
Argh . . . you lot are making me homesick. -_-
Great photos, btw. I’d have to agree with the others, there is a huge difference between cigarette smoke and campfire smoke.
(Since I somehow originally ended up posting my comment on this post’s evil twin, (Bokgwal/Bokgwai) I’ll repost it here.)
Depends on the kind of smoke – tobacco smoke is generally worth negative points, more or less depending on how bitter, etc. it is. Pipe tobacco on the other hand smells nice. Sometimes wood smoke smells like ashes, which is Not Cool, but usually it’s a really good smell. Don’t mind it a bit.
I’m not sure you can say that campsite has been completely Manified, either, since I didn’t see any guns in evidence. (If you had them but chose to keep them out of the pictures, your Manification score takes no hit and you get 2d6 Paranoia Points. Redeemable for camouflage face paint.)