Monday, September 26, 2005

Cruising down a California lake in a houseboat, listening to Sweet Home Alabama ...

Well, this weekend we had our "Outdoor Adventures" - where we get into small groups of about 20 and go away for the weekend, along with a few second years, to bond, hang out, and, um, eat. Most people did something very active, like surfing, hiking, rock climbing, or white water rafting. I was feeling particularly lazy: so I chose option houseboat on beautiful Lake Shasta, about five hours' drive away.



You can see, the lake is gorgeous. We basically rented this houseboat, sailed it about an hour away, docked it, then that was it. The houseboat was pretty basic: just a big room with no walls, a small kitchenette, and 2 toilets (which filled up far too quickly) - certainly different to what had been advertised!



Due to traffic and all sorts of complications, we ended up not getting there until late Friday night, where we proceeded to hang out around the fire ...



... talk, and eat SMORES. (Smores is this American tradition: you toast two marshmallows, then heat up a small piece of chocolate and wedge it inbetween two honey biscuits. Mmmmmm. We would've had them both nights, but we left our supplies out and they were taken by bears during the night.) (!!!)



As for the trip itself? We really didn't do that much. Apart from set up camp ...



... sit around reading and eating (whilst some people waterskiied and swam) ...



... and cleaned up after ourselves ...



... well, that was it. Before we knew it, it was time to go - and it was my job to sail the ship back!



Which wasn't easy, but we got there ...

Blessings
john

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