Heats of Hell and High Waters

Other than the fact I have to write about it now, this summer was pretty idealistic in terms of not having to worry about responsibilities for my last possible year of doing what I want, in this case, sitting on my ass doing just about nothing productive.

First of all, there was a camping trip me and my family went on. Besides the fact my family was there, it was a good trip. On the way there we saw an accident involving a motorcycle sliding off the road. It was pretty awesome. When we first got there, the first thing I did was help my girlfriend set up our tent. The fact I was allowed to share a tent with her probably surprised me the most, and to me bringing her on this trip was my family’s way of celebrating how she graduated from high school less then a week before. After this it was mostly just eating and sitting around ‘til we went to bed. The next day after spending several hours getting ready, we all went to Hell’s Gate to see the sights and taste their, at least Canadian renowned, flavours of fudge. I believe Chantal (my friend) and I got the mocha-flavoured fudge. She also got me the ring that now hangs around my neck (if your wondering why she decided to get it, my guess is she wanted to be nice and get me something). Once we finished this and did the gold panning that they have there for a short while, we went back to the Kumsheen campsite (this is where we were staying at, it’s a very nice place) where we once again sat around just eating and playing card games ‘til we went to bed. For our 3^rd and final day at the site, we went on Kumsheen’s famous rafting trip, where one of the employees takes up to 10 people on one of their specially made rafts to go off and do the rapids they have. It was fun but you needed to hold on to the rope pretty tightly to not fall off, and it goes in all the way to the Fraser River. The next day we went home. I know, not all that exciting.

Nothing all that interesting happened again ‘til my birthday, where Chantal got to sleep over. We spent the day playing video games, watching movies and drinking. Everything else about that night stays quiet. The rest of the summer was just visits from Chantal, miserable attempts at job hunting and play my Xbox 360, mostly just the 360. In case you were for some reason wondering what I played on the 360, it was mostly just Halo Reach.

Ultimately the point I’m trying to make here is that as boring as this summer sounds, I did things I wanted to do. It was a lazy summer and unfortunately probably one of the last ones I’ll get to have.