Labor Day

OMG, camping was fun!! But maybe it was just the company! ;) Probably not though, but it certainly didn't hurt. It was just so beautiful out there it took my breath away more than once. (pictures on my facebook)

It was a looking a little crappy when we were driving over the pass and through Cle Elum. Not pouring, but rainy. He decided instead of driving to a different place we'd go to the same as we went last time. I had no problems with that because there is a bathroom at a trail head near us in case of an emergency (or #2). We weren't sure we would find a spot but there were plenty! The one we were at last time was taken so we just went further up the road and found an AWESOME/BEAUTIFUL place right on the creek. And there was nobody around us. It was drizzling a bit but stopped pretty quickly and we had nothing but sunshine the rest of the time we were there.

After getting everything out of the truck and set up we sat by the creek for awhile. He played Risk on his phone and I read. Very peaceful! Then we went in the creek for a bit. He started building a dam (just cause he likes to) and then I helped a little and took pictures. I couldn't get over how pretty it was and how the sun kept shining down as if from heaven.

Then more sitting I think. He probably played with Fred some too and I know I read a lot. A couple times I got motivated and attempted to chop wood. Of course, that's the one picture that I can't seem to get from my cell to my computer. Every time I try to send it to "my album" it says network unavailable. Sucky. :P Anyway though, I got 2 logs chopped completely and a little bit more probably. It not easy but it's one of those things I've always wanted to do. So it was nice to have the opportunity!

Eventually Vince started the fire and I cooked dinner. I did roasted corn on the cob, kabobs with marinated chicken, onions, potatoes and I tried garlic a little. I tried to cook the kabobs on a piece of foil resting on some coals but that didn't go too well. So I ended up throwing everything in a pan and cooking it on the fire. Everything was okay (corn was GOOD) but there's definitely room for improvement. I should have marinated the potatoes in something too and the kabob idea was pretty much a failure.

At some point in the afternoon I found my pee tree. lol I figured out that the best way to pee in the woods (that I know of) is to do like a wall squat up against a tree. Thankfully there was a nice one near us. A little closer than I'd probably prefer but no big deal. Also a little close to the road, though blocked somewhat by a hill, and only 3 or 4 people passed by us the 24ish hours we were there. I'm proud that I did something that all summer I said I wouldn't do. Look at me, I'm growing!! hahaha Still not sure I want to poop in the woods though.

Eventually we went to sleep. I took an ambien and was OUT. He said he got up 3 times or so during the night to pee and I never noticed. I snored too, great...true, it's from my sleep apnea but still, not sexy! Oh yeah, instead of sleeping in separate sleeping bags we laid them all out and made a bed. Kinda romantic, don't ya think! ;) Surprisingly I wasn't cold at all during the night. I figured I would be a little but nope. It was better than I had hoped for.

Next morning I got up and peed again, chopped a little wood to stretch some muscles and then slept for another hour. Then I made breakfast on the new camping stove he bought. Just bacon, eggs, and hash browns. I used the wrong pan for the potatoes so they were kinda eh, but nobody went hungry!

We slowly packed everything up, enjoyed sitting by the creek a little more then headed home. We took a back road from Cle Elum to Easton to avoid some traffic and it was really pretty. We saw lots of houses we liked. Sat in some traffic for a bit but not nearly as bad as I had feared. We stopped near Hyak for Fred to run around and then it was home.

I had such a great time. I'm only bummed that it's the end of camping season and have to wait 6-7 months to go again. Who knows if he'll still be around and it might not be as fun with others. Plus he has gear. lol

So I am totally in to this guy. Like I could fall in love at any second almost but I'm trying not to think that way because he is still confused/unsure or whatever. I'm trying to be patient but I SUCK at that. I'm curious if the source of the unsureness has to do more with his thoughts/feelings/issues with me or more just his own personal stuff. I want to ask, but I'm trying not to pester him about those things. But it's hard because I'm not sure if I'm just supposed to play it cool or if I should be honest with him about how in to him I really am. Relationships are hard.

I'm working on not texting him as much or at all some days. It is easier now that I'm back at work (need to blog about that soon too!) and am busier but there's still quite a bit of free time. Though tomorrow night is dinner with Dad and Thursday is the 1st of a 3 week class for work. We were hoping to play disc golf this week but I'm not sure when I can fit it in. Guess this weekend maybe.

I really like him and I hope it works out!!!!!