Camping

For those of you on facebook, this is probably old news. A recent highlight for me (ha, highlight from like almost 3 weeks ago! That's how long it's taken me to post to my blog again!) was a weekend camping trip at a huge lake/water resevoir with some friends. There are a lot more and better pictures on facebook, but here are just a few:

We took a boat out to a tiny little island way out in the lake where we set up camp. Not much room, not much privacy, but totally fun! The wind got pretty strong out in the middle of the lake, but we found little sheltered areas for our campfire and little grill area. This is basically the whole island:

Our little camp:

Me, Caroline, and Katie:

Alicia and Chastity, our wonderful cooks, grilling chicken, BBQ pork chops, and twice-baked potatoes (SO YUM!):

It was so nice to just hang out, eat, swim, play games, and relax for a couple of days. We battled rain part of the time, we all felt and smelled terrible by the time we headed home, and I don't think any of us really slept well, but it was still such a fun, relaxing, and memorable experience. We even cooked and ate shrimp that the guys caught around our little island!

Here's the whole group of us: Chastity, Alicia, Caroline, Ryan, Melvin, Anthony, Cristian, Katie, and me: