And by friends, I mean my branch. Because they are my friends, and I love it. We drove about 2 hours up to Camp Liahona on a weekend at the end of June. It's amazing how I never think about needing to get out of the city for a minute, until I get out of the city for a minute. Then, as much as I love NYC, I wonder why I don't get out more often. We had an impromptu dance party, complete with glow sticks that were bought for no particular reason, but made everything THAT MUCH BETTER. A camp fire and smore's of course. A hike the next day, and canoeing, and lunch with the greatest discovery of the day: smore's on a croissant. It was a game changer, I'm not going to lie.
The camp-out was a total success. I looked around me as we were all sitting around the fire on Friday night, and felt so content and at home with all these people that I have grown to love so much in the last year. My branch is special. It really is, in the best way.
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| Just a sensible dance party after the barbecue. |
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| Jason, Brook, David, Hillary |
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| Kristin, President Comstock, Maria, Amy, Julie |
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| Kristin and Chad |
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| Angelique, Brook, Kristin |
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| This lake. Early in the morning. Amazing. |
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| Cindy, Hillary, Amy, Ned, and...a girl I had never met. Sorry. |
Ned was clearly loving being with the ladies on our hike. He had us all to himself...
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| You know, just some people I like on a little hike. |
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| The evidence. |
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| Ty sporting his tic-prevention camping chic. It was good. |
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| Brook and me. I really like us. |
One of these days I will retire that hat, since I've had it for so long. But the day is not today.
This looks so fun!!!! Camping in TX is just kind of icky and muggy and buggy. But camping in NY sounds great! Also, did you know we went as a family to Camp Lianhona pre-you??? (And pre-Dave and Mike too.) It was awesome and I still remember it. (Of course, would have been better post-you three, but we had moved by then!) xo See you soon!
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