if the boat's a rockin'...

i woke up at 6:30 this morning in my tent, and couldn't fall back asleep. I stayed tucked in my mummy bag though. finally got up around 8. yesterday morning i got up and drove 4 hours to Bass Lake, near Yosemite.



i met up with kate, bryce, melita and cody (plus two dogs--cooper and gino). they rented a boat for the weekend, so we toured around the lake, then went to a bbq. by the time we were done eating it was dark. we hauled our camping gear from our cars onto the boat.

finally we were off to set up camp in the dark, on a little beach off the lake. being the nerds that kate, bryce and myself are, we came prepared with head-lamps. i slept in my own tent, by myself again, for the second time ever! ha! and oh yes, camping...except this was too "campy" for me, im too much of a princess to pee in the woods. i need facilities near by, plus i still have my one night camping maximum rule.

this morning we jumped in the boat, did a lap, then stopped off at The Forks restaurant for breakfast. we then loaded our camping gear, hauled it back to the cars,then off for an afternoon on the water. it was a lot of work for one night of camping!

kate and i lounged in the shade most of the day being the vampires that we are...neither of us wanted to get burned or end up with ragged skin! i did lay in the sun off and on. perhaps added to my hint of a tan last weekend (and i do mean slight!).



around 5:30 this evening i decide to pack it up and head home. i thought it would be smart to leave tonight, and beat the holiday rush-to-get-home traffic tomorrow. so feeling spent from being in the sun all day, lugging gear back and forth and waking up so damn early...i was not looking forward to another 4 hours of driving.

on the way home i stopped for gas and decided to get an ice cream cone :P that immediately put me in a good mood, and the rest of the drive went by fairly quick. plus, it gave me plenty of time to analyze, over-analyze, de-analyze, and re-analyze a few things! ;)



i got home around 9:30 desperate for a shower!!! oh how i love my showers. i was spinning when i got out of my car. i closed my eyes to wash my hair...i felt like i was still swaying on the boat, on top of the motion of the car the last 4 hours--i was still in motion. need sleep, but, had a nice time relaxing on the water with friends.