Saturday, September 19, 2009

Male Bonding

So at the bright and early hour of 7ish o'clock this morning, Striker and his buddies headed off on an overnight camping trip to Lake Mead. Given the amount of stuff they took, you'd swear they were going for a week...they were also picking up the boat on the way, so that necessitated the wakeboard.

Contents of the Pilot upon departure:
  • 4 men (please note that 2 are above average size)
  • 1 huge tent that probably sleeps 12 regular sized people (they wanted to be sure that they'd all be able to comfortably sleep together for proper bonding-yes, they actually gave me this reason when I suggested they take our 2 smaller and much lighter tents)
  • 4 sleeping bags
  • 2 queen size air mattresses
  • 4 chairs
  • 2 ice chests
  • 4 backpacks
  • 2 boxes of food and supplies
  • 4 pillows
  • 1 wakeboard
  • 1 grocery bag full of adult beverage supplies
  • 1 bag of beach towels
  • 1 case of water
  • 1 camping stove
  • 1 First Aid kit (yes, the wife snuck that into the car) :)
  • 1 large and 1 small container for hookah supplies

I love my Pilot!!!





6 comments:

Kim Thomas said...

Add a stroller and I'll be impressed...lol

Andrea said...

Ummm, that is truly amazing!! Having just returned from camping we really could have used your camping skills!! We have one Toyota Tundra with the whole bed of the truck full as well as the back seat as well as an Expedition packed to the gills and the boat holding a whole slew of stuff... and we were only three girls.... although others did show up later.

Hope the boys had fun and just think in a year or two he can take two more along with him!!

Jane said...

OMG

Amzing for sure!

Queen B said...

Omg! Impressive and too freaking funny about the need for the giant tent! Just 1 bag of adult beverages?! That doesn't sound like my kind of camping ;)

Jenn Ann said...

Stroller could have been added KT...don't doubt my expert packing skills...this didn't even require much planning or a repack. (They did the lifting/manuvering...I directed).

ABBA I'll come camping with you anytime...as long as I'm not pg and you're bringing wine ;)

I should have noted that the 1 larger ice chest was full of adult beverages and fruit juice. ;) There was also 1 rather expensive bottle of tequila in the smaller ice chest...I needed it to fill in the space next to the food ;)

Let's just say that when I last heard from them at 8 ish, they were all enjoying the adult beverages...

Captain Will said...

Yes, we were. We were floating in the lake on floaties with two 64 oz cups filled with juice, vodka and tequila. Despite having no moon, the lights from Vegas actually made it quite bright out here. By the way, currently sitting at our campsite on a bluff on the Arizona side of the lake. :)