The Town Crotch
Well, here's the official day-by-day rundown of events on the camping trip:
Day 0: Not technically part of the camping trip per se, but rather my day traveling over to Seattle. I got home and immediately was berated by my mom and my sister for various sundry reasons. I probably deserved it, but there you go. At any rate, we had pizza for dinner, and then watched some episodes of Lost that Anna had not seen. I'm an addict, and I have no problem admitting that.
Day 1: Drove over to the coast. I had Anna and my brother (Andrew) riding in the car with me. The trip went okay for the most part, though we discovered that my A/C Condensation was leaking into the car, which meant a bit of unpleasantness. At any rate, as we reached Aberdeen, I noticed that though the sky above was cloudless, there was a giant fucking cloud-bank hanging to the west of us, which incidentally, was where we were headed. As we were stopped for lunch in Aberdeen before making the final short hop to the camp site, we got a call from the Gewins, who are sort of like surrogate grandparents for Anna, Andrew, and I, and often go on these camping trips with us. Well, turns out that they had had a catastrophic breakdown on their trailer, which would prevent them from making it out with us. At any rate, we got to the camp site and set up in the damp grey, and then took a walk on the beach with Rocky, the dog. In the evening after dinner, I taught Mom, Dad, Grandpa, and Anna how to play Munchkin. I schooled them good.
Day 2: I woke up to discover that the sky was once again, grey. Woo. I then went back to bed for a bit. After a hearty breakfast of cereal, I relaxed in the campsite for a bit, reading the book Power of Babel. Quite fascinating, really. All linguaphiles should read this book, as well as anyone who has ever commented on how this or that language is deteriorating. I then went down to the beach and just cruised for a bit with Rocky. Dad and I attempted to fly one of his kites, but unfortunately, it was not windy enough on the beach to fly. We went back to the site, made some dinner, and then played a bit more Munchkin, this time with Andrew taking part. Once again, I schooled them hard.
Day 3: Weather: Grey and damp. After the crew made a store run to stock up on food and other such things, we relaxed with a game of monopoly. Andrew ended up winning, though just barely. Stupid free parking. We also had S'mores, which is kind of a given in camping.
Day 4: Once again, we had a grey day. We just took it easy, with a bit of beach hanging-out, and a bit more reading.
Day 5: The last full day for Anna and I. Once again, the weather was, you guessed it, grey. For dinner, Grandpa sprang for a seafood restaurant in Westport (the only one that was open, really). It was quite good. We got back, and played a bit more Munchkin. This time, Grandpa snuck up on all of us and took the prize. And to think that I almost had it. Oh well.
Day 6: Anna and I returned to Seattle. The trip back was pretty uneventful. Anna began packing for her return to Whitworth. In the evening, we ate dinner at La Casita. Afterwards, we watched some more Lost.
Day 7: The long drive back to Spokane. I need to take the car in on Monday to get the A/C thing looked at. Oy.
In summary: weather was grey, I did some good reading, and my car needs work. fin.
In other news, Trevor and I are getting a new room-mate! Yes, that's right, we will now be living with a girl! Her name is She-Quan! I'll post some pictures of me with my hot new room-mate when she moves in! Trev showed me some pictures of her, and she looks really nice. Quite soft and fuzzy. The only problem is that apparently, he can be a bit catty. Literally. She's a cat. At any rate, I like cats and they like me, so that's good.
