Camping...

So Thursday night we decided to head out camping with Caela, Ben, and friends. I did not realize that where we were going, Kimberly, was a 4 1/2 hour drive from Portland. Are we crazy or what?! So Thursday night we don't end up making it there until about 1 am. So this makes for not much sleep, given that we woke up at the next morning when the sun came up and heated our wonderful tent to a good 100 degrees! Not the most pleasant thing to wake up to, that's for sure.
The property we were on was beautiful though and Ben made us quite the little set-up. He spent all day making a latrine for everyone to use, there was a food hut, a stage for people to play on and a beer pong table set-up. What more amenities could you need in the wilderness. We were on about 100 acres of property that one of his friends lived on. They had a whole bunch of mules and a couple donkeys, which were fun to pet, I wish I stayed longer and rode one (I heard they took them on a trail hike today). I was unfortunate that Morgan and I had to leave early Saturday morning to make it to yet another ron of my dentist appointments, but alas, we had to. Unfortunately I can not reschedule anything if I want to get everything done before graduation!
Friday night was amazing! The boys had stuffed a 290 lb. pig and put it in the ground to cook for 24 hours. They dug it up Friday night and we had the pleasure of eating some very good meat! I was very grateful to Ben for the wonderful job he did putting this whole trip together. His brother and sister-in-law are also a very prepared couple. They were a lot of fun too!
Overall the weekend was a success! Except for having to come home early on Saturday...I wish we could have stayed another night, we met some great people and had a lot of fun!