Me and my friends have always been close. Ever since the year we graduated, we meet up every summer for a camping trip. We don’t even have to arrange it, we just know that the second weekend in August, we head up north to our favorite spot. I grab my dreadnought acoustic guitar, jump in the van with a couple of days of clothes, and hit the road.

Everyone has a different idea of what roughing it means. That’s okay with me, though, as one of our gang is a head chef at a highly rated restaurant. He comes up with coolers full of food and cooks the whole time. You’d be amazed at the magic he can make over a campfire. Everyone eats like absolute royalty. He’s up first thing in the morning with his hand mixers making pancakes from scratch!

Another one, Susan, always drives up in her small RV, which is impeccably done up with what she calls ‘home decor accents‘ so it’s like she’s still at home. She brings these huge batteries for powering the thing so she can have lighting and A/C and sit in comfort whenever she wants.

We’ll all eat, drink, and talk about the good old days before going on our 15 mile hike. It used to be 20 miles, but we’re getting older now and can’t handle it! I think it’s the high altitude that gets to me, but it’s probably my big belly.

It’s not an easy hike when you’re running on no sleep. Everyone has a case of insomnia with Dave around. His snoring keeps everyone up! I swear it was so bad the first year we were there we thought it was a bear trying to get our food!

Now our camping trips are more special since we lost of one of the gang. He was a great friend, but he sadly lost his life on a motorcycle in an accident on the highway. We miss him more than ever, but it feels like a good way to remember him as we sit around tell stories.

Our trip up every year might come to an end for some of us in the near future. As we get married and have kids, end up having more responsibility, it makes it harder to escape, even for one weekend. Until that day we’ll always cherish these weekends away.

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