The overnight rain soaked our baggage but didn’t dampen our spirits. Definitely a team bonding activity as we had to help each other over rock fields and put six brains together to decide which direction to go. Once we came across the first group of other hikers, who pointed us in the general direction of the falls, we made it there and back safely. That was quite an adventure as it wasn’t a marked trail and Chew only had vague tips from online sources such as “walk across a mossy patch”. We had very well charred cinnamon buns (my bad for putting the grill on too hot) before going on a hike to the bottom of a waterfall. Well, that was that and the rest of us went to make breakfast. Not even when his girlfriend leaped onto his bed and shook him. Each of us went to a different entrance of the other tent and on the count of three, unzipped the door and yelled “SURPRISE!” Unfortunately he didn’t even open his eyes. With our best attempt at keeping quiet, the rest of us finished up our DIY tie-dye shirts by writing our surnames on the back (To mask the squeaking of the markers, which sounded like scratching, we would exclaim “Oh man these mosquito bites are sooooo itchy!”) and then slipping it over our many layers of clothing nighttime was much colder than we had anticipated. To celebrate one of our friend’s graduation, we planned a surprise for the next morning. Despite writing an entire research paper on Hemigrapsus oregonensis, I learned something new that day. According to our resident biologist, since there were no barnacles, there would be no crabs. We made a stop for lunch at a pie shop, and spent some time at the beach while the boys tried to find crabs. And that’s how we went up the Sea to Sky Highway, with Lukas Graham’s ‘7 Years’ playing over and over again because we only had one radio station to listen to. The 6 camping chairs we were going to leave behind eventually made it into the van, even if it meant we couldn’t really go any faster than 80 km/hr. I’ve never seen a van so full in my life. Our trip started off with successfully stuffing our rental mom-mobile with an insane amount of stuff. Over a month later, I’m still feeling them good vibes. Being the first trip of summer 2016 and one with five of my favourite people (our nickname is the Castle family), I was buzzing with excitement. Even then, it was pretty glamorous (#glamping) with two massive tents, portable grill, and hot showers. Truth to be told, I had never been ‘legit camping’ until earlier this month. I’m sure banana boats are engraved into the summer memories of frequent campers.
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