Thursday night my friends and I were finally able to have the camping trip we planned. Although the original group of Owen, Kaitlyn, and I changed, the plan to have a canoe trip with a side of camping, and the dates changed, it still happened. Something about a cyclone, a meeting, working at 5 am, and inability to get cheap canoes for the night. Kaitlyn, Liz, Nicole, and I enjoyed a brief camping trip a week after the original dates. Even our plans from that day changed. Since the desired campsite was full of school children we switched to a different camping area. We missed the turn (my fault) and finally just pulled over next to the desired creek and set up our tent.
As we were putting up the borrowed tent by the headlights of the car, three little ducks decided to join us. They spent all night with us and provided lots of entertainment before we let them back into the water in the morning. We ate our sandwiches and got a wonderful fire going. Although Liz (from California) and I had hoped to have smores, the lack of anything resembling graham crackers in Australia made that impossible. We settled for roasted marshmallows while the Kaitlyn and Nicole burnt their marshmallows to a crisp. Finally we stargazed, with the Johnny, Freddy, and George (our ducks), and turned in for the night. Since I had to leave for the conference before 8 in the morning we got up at or before 6:30 to pack up and leave. Although the trip was short it was very cheap and hopefully will be followed by a canoe trip.
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