Monday, June 27, 2011

Roughing It!

Sooooo, turns out I'm still here. April 30?! Eek! For the record, I did have a bagel with cream cheese on May 1...and it was so delicious that I've simply had to have several since. :)

I've been trekking along on the rest of my list. Here are a few updates...

We went camping! Sadly, we're missing Yacob, Matt and Justin (not to mention our four-legged friend/foe Dylan) in this photo but this was part of the bridgade. We went camping at Camp Merryelande in Maryland where we slept on the sand and listened to the waves roll in on a gorgeous Sunday morning. We plugged our cell phone chargers into the trees, packed up camp, and hit up Wendy's for our annual post-camping grease-fest. What? Plugged in our cell phones? Of course! Camp Merryelande is not just any camp. They bring around bags of ice, will deliver a freshly chopped pile of wood and kindling for a fire and yes, have even built electrical outlets into the trees. Some might argue that this is not real camping. I would argue that I - 1) slept in a tent, 2) used the great outdoors when nature called and 3) snacked on s'mores at 3:00am by the campfire. I call that camping. On a more sour note, I did however prove that I cannot actually start a fire and would rely on Maura heavily if we were ever actually in a real "roughing it" situation. Until next year, Camp M...