Nevertheless, it's nice to go camping with the group because everyone else is prepared with things like food and fire. All I have to do is show up with my two bedroom 10' x 15' luxury tent and queen sized air mattress.
It's usually nice to have a bedroom and a living room in the middle of the woods. Our luxurious digs felt even better when we set up on the edge of a stream. Our campground was likely flooded a few weeks earlier with the hurricane, but now, the stream was just a little trickle - it didn't even overflow when the boys on our trip put an extra little trickle in it.
When we arrived, our camping buddies already had the fire going so we were free to go play frisbee and explore.
This campground was slightly different because apparently people actually lived there! Double wide trailers with tacky lawn ornaments dominated the area. I didn't understand. You live in a trailer in the woods! Why would you ruin that with plastic flamingos and rainbow pinwheels?!
An old boat (we were many miles from the ocean) laid in the middle of a clearing. "Where do you think that boat travels?" I asked. "Where do you think that boat travels?" Mike responds pointing to a wooden pirate ship with a life sized Jesus cross. I immediately declared myself captain!
The fun started at night when we strung christmas lights and turned on a strobe light. Pink Floyd began playing in the background. That's when I realized that Pink Floyd is basically the same as the "halloween" soundtrack that people play at haunted houses. There was only slightly less moaning. I gobbled my spicy hot dogs and chili. Then we got to make s'mores (or shmores as my mom calls them).
I slept very well listening to the sounds of the stream with 4 blankets piled on top of me.
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