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lovethehibiscus (profile) wrote,
on 3-14-2004 at 3:30pm
Current mood: happy//hungry//still a lil sad
Music: sweet home alabama - lynyrd skynyrd
Subject: yeehaw back for the boonies
just got back from port charlotte
hoorah for the boonies
i am so gonna live in the boonies when i am older
and have a farm
and definetly have some atvs

so we went out there
we=terri, jr, rach, ry, amanda, jeff, kayden, jarret, matt, his friend, ray, and myself

they had a fire pit going
jeff lost like half his eyelash and arm hair starting the fire
kids-charcol fluid is a hazard to your health

so then terri goes and breaks out the tent
she had never set it up before
no instructions of course
so we start puttin bars together
i had a whole half of it together
then the males came in
took my pieces together
screwed it up
we finally got it up
45 mins later
and my way was right all along :P
7 of us it took us to put that tent up

then night fell
fire was lit
grill was fired up
we were all sittin around the fire
in numerous beach chairs
i had a lounge beach chair
and i sat parallel to everyone else
just lookin at the stars
it was absoultely b-e-a-utiful out there
i would gladly trade in the tube at my casa
for the clear, wonderous sky of stars i saw

so i was lookin in the woods
listenin to they guys out there
searchin for firewood
and i saw a FIREFLY
i was so happy
i love those little critters
i remember catchin them up in new york
a couple years ago at our family reunion
so rachael and i went on the prowl
with a flashlight tryin to catch some
matt gave us a powerade bottle to put them in
our firefly hunting was fruitless
too hard out there with all the shrubs

so we were ready to go to sleep
so terri, rach, and i went into the tent
and they (the others outside) were givin us a hard time for goin to bed so early
before we went to sleep ray came up to the tent with a firefly in his hands
i was so happy
we put it in the powerade bottle
nature's nightlight
rachael bein the 10 year old boss sheis,hollerin at the people outside the tent who were cussin
and jeff came to the tent window said terri was the queen, rachael was the queen b, and i was the princess :)
went to sleep

woke up
middle of the night
it was freakin freezin out
well not really
bein as we are in florida
but anywho i was freezing
so i tried goin back to sleep
no luck
jr was in the tent
he snores like a lumberjack
so i couldnt go to sleep
then i started hearin these funky noises outside the tent
but then finally i fell back asleep

those loonies all were up at 6:30
well except for terri and i
they were givin us a hard time about that
jeez they dont give ya a break
so finally we get up and terri steps out of the tent and goes
"the queen is awake"
honestly she is a crack up

fire was goin
yum yum doughnut holes for brekkie
started gettin on the atvs
wooha
strapped on a helmet
safety first
and i was off

went to the trail on the other side of the road
i coulda stayed out there forever
it was so peaceful
went around a couple times

went back to camp
gave someone else a try
jr flipped his atv
he is ok
but quite funny to watch
he looked like a cartoon careenin off that atv

amanda says how i should be wearin sneakers instead of my usual sandals
i shrug it off
rach is on the atv we were takin turns on it
she was on it forever!
she would come where i was sittin
slow down say hello
then say buhbye and sped off
so i had had enough
i got some ice and chucked it at her
aww cousinly love
success!
hit her in the chest
then fell in her lap
we all laughed as she screamed

so she got off it
now she had ice in her hand
she was tryin to put it down my shirt
so we were fightin
then matts friend hopped on the atv we were fightin over
heeeeey!

he got off
i got on
ha ha rachael
went to the trails again
was there for like a half hour
started seein things
coulda sworn i saw a cross between the thing yelling from edward munch's painting and jack from the nightmare before christmas
i would go down this straight way
goin so fast
i loved feelin the danger
started headin back

now out there they have briars
if you dont know what they are you are lucky
they are basically weeds with knife-like thorns
well i was drivin back
grass and shrubs on both sides
briars snagged my foot
stole my shoe
i had to go back and get my shoe back
couldnt get the atv started again
sat out there in the middle of nowhere
thinking how to get that darn thing started
finally got it started
went back to camp

toe was all cut up
darn briars!
didnt ride again all day
after a while we started packin up
i was helpin jr take down that tent that took forever to put up
so he got all the stakes up
all the bars were already put away
and we went to pull the material part up
there was a stake still in the ground infront of me
so i went to go pull it out
a SCORPION was right by my hand
i dont love those critters
some came over and looked at it
then squished it
bleh

now we are home
i smell like camping
toe hurts
but i went campin for the first time
and had an awesome weekend

andie*
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Rina

owie, 03-14-04 10:42pm

aww. im sorry about your toe :\
whoa that is sweet. ive never ridden an atv. or gone camping hahaha. man. great way to start off spring break (;

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