being surrounded by nature and good friends is one of my favorite combinations in life. i try to combine these two every chance i get- going camping is one of the best ways i have found to do this. after several weeks of getting readjusted to life as a student, it was time to escape the stress and craziness of school and just relax. so we packed up our tents, sleeping bags and coolers full of escaping mechanisms, and headed up to one of our favorite spots- the Gorge. red river gorge has been home to many a fun-filled adventure with my friends and i. hiking, fishing, caving, shimmying up trees, sliding down muddy hills, scaling giant rocks/cliffs, and braving sub-freezing temperatures at night are just some highlights of previous trips. this past weekend included several of these things as well as a few new ones to add to the list. i must say that catching, cooking and eating crawdads was a new experience for me as well as capturing a deadly copperhead snake...which i had no involvment in whatsoever due to my slight fear of snakes-and dying. our caving experience also proved to be quite dangerous as we climbed our way through the slippery caverns, inched along tiny ledges, and somehow emerged through a sinkhole by clawing our way out of the 90 degree surface. later in the night we built a cozy campfire in which we cooked our dinner consisting of hotdogs, some cold beverages and crawdads...yes, crawdads (we were curious). after some good stories and much laughter at each other's expense, we retired to our tents where we utilized each other's body warmth in a completely innocent and platonic way and laughed until we crashed. the next morning we arose early and ended a great camping trip with the traditional breakfast at waffle house. twas a good time- to be repeated many more times.
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