when adventures go wrong

haha. funny that right after i wrote about why i love to go on adventures, one goes horribly wrong. well, i shouldn't say it went entirely wrong. it could have been very bad but we laughed a lot...a lot and we stuck it out as best as we could.

thus, let the adventure begin..... it started off great! we were both totally pumped! we were using our backpacks we bought a year ago for the first time. we weren't even going that far, it was gonna be awesome.

not too far from our house, a lady pulls in front of us and asks "are you lost?" tom was very sweet and said, "no, we are going camping to lake chabot." lady: "oh, i thought you were european." me: "ummm, no." we weren't really sure what she would have done if we did say we were lost but we should have taken as a omen. haha. we laughed about the scenario pretty much the entire way there.

the shit we carried

we hiked some more, it took us about 3 1/2 hours to get there. which is sad because it was about 6 miles from our house. there was a lot of climbing and the sun was blazing out so we took many stops. i never thought being a sherpa could be tough stuff. it is. i have never known back pain and leg pain like this in my life! i felt like a 90 year old person by the time we got to our site with blisters on my toes and everything. what the what, man!

as if being in pain from the walk there wasn't enough, we unpacked out stuff and to our dismay, NO TENT POLES! wow, that majorly sucked. with no trees close enough to tie rope to we had a genius idea to prop our tent underneath the picnic table. yes, i said genius and it pretty much was except for the fact that you had to slide your way in and be careful not to bump your head on the top of the table. home sweet home it was for one night and one night only.

still smiling

we made it an early night and to add to the icing on top of this already delicious cake, it rained the following morning! yay! thank goodness for the picnic table otherwise we would have been rained on but sadly all of our stuff got wet that wasn't in the tent with us. tom wasn't feeling well and i was beginning to not feel well either. that is what broke the camels back. thank the lords that verizon is awesome because i called my mom and she came to our rescue!

yea, thats right, i'm eatin' turkey while watching turkeys

while waiting, we were visited by a group of turkeys, that literally came within inches of us! we always see them on our bike rides and saw them as a good omen but this time it was not true. i think the site is cursed because last time we came here it was a bitch to get to, too. you can read about that excursion here. haha good times.

now, tom and i have spent the last 3 days in bed with terrible terrible colds. when adventures go wrong, you bet it did! all in all, though, i am pretty proud of ourselves for sticking it out, trying something new and laughing the entire time. my checks were hurting friday afternoon when my mom dropped us off at home. would we go back packing again? i am not sure i am ready to answer that question right now. but what i know is. that next time, we are totally packing the tent poles.

xo,

cb