"We got the full camping experience in 1 day." said NN.
A full experience indeed. We headed up to Tahoe on Friday morning and on our way... we stopped by Castro Valley and had brunch with 大恩人-嫻姨。 She dressed soooo nice... as if she's going to a wedding. After Dim Sum, great company, great conversation... we took off for our final destination.
We skipped through the backroads and made it Tahoe. Upon entering the campground... the ranger warned us to leave our doors unlocked. Let the bears get in vs getting your door smashed in. And consider keeping the doors open because if bears show up, you won't have time to fish for keys. Just run into the car and close the doors - quick. We thought he was joking... until we find out he wasn't.
We got to our site.. and met the Yu's there, easily one of our closest church friends. They helped us pitch our tent and set up camp. Then we headed out for dinner. We got back after dinner and it was dark already... enough for us to start our camp fire which wasn't easy at all!! All those years of watching Survivor paid off. You start with the fuse on the bottom (pine needles) with dried pine cones sitting on top to fuel the flame, and eventually, the $12 firewood we got from the general store. A little later in the evening, our other closest church friends, the Tats, showed up. Someone took their campsite, but thankfully, another family overbooked and gave them theirs. We helped them set up camp and by then... the kids had their smores and it was bedtime.
Bedtime was horrible. Our neighbors were loud. It was cold. It was uncomfortable. And by the wee hours of the night... it got freezing cold, especially the head which was exposed. Luckily, I was wearing a hoodie, so I was able to cover my head and we had a throw. I got maybe 2-3 hours of shuteye and after falling in and out of sleep... the sky was lit up and it was too bright to sleep anymore, especially with nature's alarm clock, the bugs and birds in the wild screaming their heads off. Time for Day 2....
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