journal\\\nantucket - day 1

i didn't end up doing any baking this weekend because i ended up going to nantucket as part of our local venture crew [a co-ed extension of boyscouts].  it was a biking/camping trip and it was such a blast.  the only thing missing was a baking but i got a taste of mountain dew cobbler [like the best thing ever] and friend tortillas which is pretty much fried dough.  there was also a third thing i didn't taste because i'm vegetarian but it sounded pretty good.  it was called ~bacon bombs~ which is basically a blob of cheese with dough wrapped around, which is then wrapped with bacon and then deep fried.  sounds like heaven right?

anyways i'll stop talking and show you ^_^

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~Day 1~

our family is known for being late so i made sure to set the alarm for 4:30 but i couldn't get up until 5.  we were supposed to arrive at 6:15 but i made sure we got there 10 minutes earlier.  of course my brother HAD to forget something so we disappeared to go home and grab his stuff.  we ~disappeared~ as the wormhole family [more on this later].

oh look boats!

the view from the back of the boat as boston disappears over the horizon

then a bunch of us go on top of the deck to play cards, mostly just president.  being me of course i sucked and was bum or vice-bum [which is an achievement].  the boat ride was about 1hr 45mins.  other than the occasional feeling of nausea, sitting outside was great. there was nothing i could do about my hair except put it up but i loved the feeling of the wind whipping so i left it down.  i met one guy who could not stop flirting with one of my friends.  just friends or so they claim...lets see how long that will last. finally we came close to shore.

is that nantucket i see?

land ho!

and there it is, the land of nantucket nectars :)

we got off the boat but it was pretty cold...and the boyscouts and venture crew lined up outside of Young's Bicycle Shop and got our bikes.  they were amazing, functional mountain/speed bike hybrid.  i don't know if it was good or not, but i fell in love because i was able to go at such a good pace.  we got locks and were instructed not to lose our locks...or the bikes.  i spent the rest of the day reciting my bike number under my breath.

we got to camp in no time and set up tent.  older guys took the spot that was doled out to the girls so we were led to a spot that could have been a christmas tree nursery [we were expected to sleep on trees] but because there were so many open spots among the guys' tents we just picked a couple spots to set up.  eveything ran smoothly and we were done.  lunch followed but being my dad, he only packed meat as a method to try to get me to eat it.  i bummed some nutella and bagels off of my friend and ate those

next along with two guys and around seven of us girls, we went to the beach to enjoy the rest of the afternoon.

the scene was beautiful, but clearly i failed to capture the moment

it was cold, but we had our mind set on swimming the next day

we had a bit of wrestling going on but all was well.  we got back around dusk in time to cook dinner and enjoy a warm fire.  the fire pit was big enough for a massive bon-fire and we played cards some more.  i met a another kid, but he went to private school...we may have trashed talked some people.

late that night, we sat outside and looked at the starts until it was well around midnight.  we ran into a couple seniors who were out on a "night hike" but that was well past curfew...so we agreed that we didn't see each other.  my friend wanted to go running the next morning but i wanted to go biking.  lets just see how the next morning will go.