Very bad attitude and disposition about the whole thing the night before we left-CHECK!
Woke up feeling better and got packed in record time-CHECK!Easy setup and general yay at our arrival-CHECK!
Partial music video involving a trash can and romance; shot w/ Luke-CHECK!
Awesome talks/laughs/prayers with Kevin and Alex-CHECK!Terminator Salvation on iPad with Kev, Alejandro, and Daniel until 1am-CHECK!
Bible reading with the guys, bigger than I anticipated, great time-CHECK!
Volleyball and Ultimate Frisbee: The Version Where We Got Smoked-CHECK!
Expedition in a new direction with Kevin and Alex-CHECK!
Found a road and followed it past the No Trespassing sign-CHECK!
Turned around when we saw campers through the trees-CHECK!
Found awesome old logging bridge over creek-CHECK!
Followed CAT track on other side for a long time, Chief Bushwhacker/Trailblazer=Kevin Peanut Butter Pants ;D-CHECK!
Found horse trail and followed it for another long time-CHECK!
Popped out in somebody's backyard on top of a hill-CHECK!
Quickly turned around-CHECK!
Left the trail and fell down a hillside-CHECK!
Continued exploration on another horse trail-CHECK!
Discovered clearcut, made our way towards it in search of a view-CHECK!
Ambushed and pursued by sneaky ninja hornets-CHECK!
Stung at the bridge of the nose-CHECK!
Energetically fleeing downhill out of the clearcut-CHECK!
Located creek and hiked it all the way back up to the camp-CHECK!
Talent night, song with Luke, Kev, and Joseph, visited by a Mormon bike evangelist!-CHECK!
Not being able to do the tributary in the dark-CHECK!
Receiving a proper education on the Minnasotan dialect-CHECK!
First rain arrives about 3am-CHECK!
Bible reading/prayer again in the morning, even bigger this time, at the Tauscher's "house" :)-CHECK!
Reading my story in posh British accents with two of my biggest fans and a few others, a simply grand time!-CHECK!
Trip to Estacada w/ Kevin and Alex for coffee, cell reception, WiFi, and a tour of that homey place-CHECK!
Listening to Prairie Home Companion's radio show-CHECK!
Getting VERY dizzy at a park with a cool play structure-CHECK!
Realizing we had enough time to do the tributary before dinner-CHECK!
Didn't count on the rocks being so slippery-CHECK!
Took longer than expected, but still a ton of fun-CHECK!
Quickly became late for Alex's dinner but could not rush him-CHECK!
Realized at the end of the trek that Kev and I were actually much later than Alex-CHECK!
Ran back to site-CHECK!
Dinner w/ Grafs-CHECK!
Singing and campfire-CHECK!
Great talks with Adam D., got to relive Challenge a little bit-CHECK!
More good late-night talks and prayer with Kevin and Alex-CHECK!
Rain in the morning, worse this time, Kevin sleeping in a stream-CHECK!
Wet breakfast-CHECK!
Church prep/setup-CHECK!
Very cold, wet church time-CHECK!
Misunderstanding that put myself and the Frenches breaking down camp while the fam ate lunch-CHECK!
Eventual understanding and food with the new family-CHECK!
Came back to reclaim our gear from the ponds and finish breaking camp-CHECK!
Stuff wet tents and general stuff into trailer and get OUTTA there!-CHECK!
Five minutes down the road remember that the dryer at home is broken-CHECK!
Dryer fixed now-CHECK!
Still trying to get everything cleaned up-CHECK!
Most spiritually enriching campout I've ever been a part of-CHEEEEEEEECK!