I got into town thursday night, and by Friday, I was unpacked and repacked enough to go pick up a rental vehicle from hertz and head to CoMo to go camping.  The compact car rental was the same price as the economy, and when we got there we were pleased to find that there were no compact cars in the lot, so we ended up getting a Kia Rondo.  Cory and I threw our bags in it, got the iPod hooked up via FM transmitter, and headed on our way.  We drove straight to CoMo, no interruptions.  When we got in, we went through the J-school to use the bathroom, then onward to Jesse hall to handle administrative stuff with regard to my student loans (which ended up being unnecessary…).  From there, we headed to my friend Scott’s house, where we hung out and played some halo.  When my friend Eric got into town, we headed up to Shakespeares to meet him for pizza.  At dinner, I got a call fromm one of my students who was at a College Summit event at Amherst college, and then the phone got passed to about 7 people, which was kinda fun.  When I finished the call and we finished the pizza, we headed back to Scott’s place.  We watched Eagle v. Shark (memories…) and drank some really good tea Scott had.  After that, we headed to Justin’s, where we set up hammocks (Justin let me use his mosquito net) and went to sleep.

The next morning, we got up, and Cory and I drove into town and went to Scott’s house.  We dragged him up to Cafe Berlin, where we got delicious organic food.  I had a carrot juice, which was especially memorable.  After that, we ran a few other little errands (such as to Bass Pro Shops, where I got an LED headlamp, a filet knife, etc.) then got back out to Justin’s to get ready for camping.  We got out there around 5, which was later than we might have liked, and hiked the mile.  I had on my blue backpack facing forward so I could use it’s straps as cushioning for the black hockey duffel bag I have, which was full and VERY heavy.  On top of that we carabeenered Justin’s new belly boat, which made for quite a precarious pack.  But less than an hour later, I had hauled it the entire way to the campsite.  First things first, we jumped in.  After a while, Justin set up fishing rods, and we got out, and I organized our campsite a bit.  Over the course of the evening, Justin caught about 8 fish, 5 of which he threw back.  We ended up keeping three of them, and Justin and I, with Katie’s supervision, fileted them down at the end of the lake.  We made a small fire, then put a skillet on it, then cut up avocados into it for moisture, then added some water, then PBR, then onions, and peppers, and the fish, and probablysome other things.  Then I cut pita breads open, and we precariously moved our meal into the pockets, pre-stuffed with cheese, and ate.  It was delicious!  After that, Justin’s cousins showed up, and we got to work hanging five hammocks - my two, Justin’s 2, and his landowner’s.  Justin was climbing pine trees and getting places I’d be incapable of climbing to just to make it work, but it worked.  Except we got eaten alive by bugs, especially Katie and I…

I woke up the next morning before dawn, and climbed all the way to the top of the ridge behind us to make a phone call.  Then I threw wood down, and almost hit Max, Justin’s cousin - my bad!  Then I took the belly boat out, and slept in it for a while, very comfortably.  Then I came in as everyone was waking up, and ate some sepcial K red berries with some hemp milk.  What a breakfast!  Eventually, people started waking up, we had another good swim, then we packed up our campsite and headed out.  The hike out wasn’t as bad as the hike in, but we reaked horribly when we got out.  We drove to a convenience store, where I got gatorade, a snickers ice cream bar, and some odd looks from the cashier - whatever.  Then we headed to Justin’s, where we showered, I packed stuff up, and we got in the vehicle.  From there, we headed to El Rancho, where I got a veggie chimichanga…mmmmm.  Then Cory and I drove all the way back to the Hertz dealership, got a ride from my dad to the loft, where Cory’s dad was waiting, and our weekend was over.