The ten of us were eating lunch at Dascomb Dinning Hall. We began talking about our first week of college and our classes. Then we got to talking about the weekend.
“So what are we going to do with our first full weekend of college?” Christopher asked.
“Don’t you think we should head to the library.” Elizabeth said. “You know stay on top of our studies.”
“No” Christopher said.
“We could go see a movie.” Cameron said.
“No” Christopher said.
“We could explore Oberlin.” Olivia said.
“No” Christopher said.
“Is there any concerts going on?” Zachery asked.
“No” Christopher said.
“Okay Christopher what do you think we should do?” I asked.
“I am glad you asked Danny Boy.” Christopher said. “We should go camping!”
“Like in nature, with bugs?” Emily asked.
“Yes” Christopher said.
“Gross” Emily said.
“Come on” Cameron said.
“Where would we go?” Jack asked.
“I found this great park an hour from campus.” Christopher said.
“How fun!” Olivia said. “Just like mom and dad.”
“Yes” Christopher said.
“Sounds like fun.” I said.
“I am in” Zachery said.
“Me too” Jack said.
“What about you girls?” Christopher asked.
“Yeah you can’t leave me with all the boys.” Olivia said.
“Sure” they said.
“Great” Olivia said.
“We will meet outside of Langston at five.” Christopher said.
We left Dascomb Dinning Hall and went our separate ways. A little before five I grabbed my comforter and some food put it in my back pack and headed off to Langston. When I got there every one was all ready there.
“Where have you been?” Dave asked.
“I am like three minutes late.” I said.
“All right camping trip ’86 is about to begin.” Christopher said.
The ten of us headed to the parking lot.
“Okay me and Olivia can take two more, what about you guys?” Christopher asked.
“What about us?” I asked.
“How many seats in your cars?” Olivia asked.
“We do not have cars” The eight of us said.
We stood there for a moment with all of our stuff.
“We did not plan this very well.” Olivia said.
“Our group is just too big.” Christopher said.
“Are you going to cut people?” I asked.
“Perhaps” Christopher said.
The eight of us just look at him.
“No we won’t.” Olivia said.
The eight of us just look at them.
“We should camp out on campus.” Olivia said.
“Where?” Dave asked.
“By Allan Musuem?” Cameron asked.
“No we did that already.” Zachery said.
“What about those woods on North Campus?” Elizabeth asked.
“Yeah” Emily said.
“Good idea” Olivia said.
“Lets go” Christopher said.
So the ten of us walked over to the woods and set up camp.
“There is no fire pit.” Christopher said.
“Well this is not a sanctioned camp site.” Cameron said.
“How are we going to cook the hot dogs for dinner?” Olivia asked.
“You brought hot dogs for us?” Dave asked.
“Yeah to cook over a fire just like our parents did.” Olivia said.
“Huh” Dave said.
“We could heat them up in one of our microwaves and run them back.” Jack said.
“No we are out in the wilderness now.” Christopher said.
“No it is not the same.” Olivia said.
“Can you guys excuse us for a second?” Christopher asked.
We shook our heads yes.
Christopher and Olivia walked a couple of paces from the group.
“What do you think they are talking about?” Elizabeth asked.
“I have no idea” Zachery said.
“Maybe they are talking about how we are not living up to their parent’s friends.” Dave said.
“Hey” Elizabeth said.
“It is a little weird how much they bring up their parents time here.” Cameron said.
“They just heard all their amazing stories want to have some of their own.” Elizabeth said.
“Sshh they are coming back.” I said.
“Sorry about that” Olivia said.
“Its cool” we all said.
“So what do you guys have?” Christopher asked.
“I have chips , two cans of soda, and a bag of cereal.” I said.
“I have yogurt, granola bars, and some cherries.” Cameron said.
“I have peanut butter crackers and a box of swiss cake rolls.” Dave said.
“Guys we are camping!” Christopher said.
We ended up ordering Lorenzo’s Pizza. I got someone walking to their dorm to take a picture of us with our pizza. The weather dropped considerably as the sun went down. We were huddled together in a mass.
“It is so freakin cold.” Emily said.
“On the plus side we have to in counter any bugs.” Cameron said.
“Or any rain” Zachery said.
“I guess” Emily said.
We spent the night talking, looking at the stars, and trying to keep warm.
The sun came up and we began to pack up our stuff.
“Next time we will be more prepared.” Olivia said.
“Don’t be ridiculous this was awesome.” Elizabeth said.
“Dinner tonight?” Christopher asked.
“Yeah” we all said.
We headed back to our dorms for some much needed sleep.
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