Camp Surf

In Sixth Grade, we all went on a field trip to Camp Surf in California (Yay!). It was great. Except for the bus ride. What did we do? Play tennis (The hand slapping one) until the teacher told us to stop (I won), sing about sharks, until the teacher told us to shut up, eat and go to the bathroom at EVERY rest stop. Oh and we had to watch Twilight. Twice.

I mean other than the bus ride it was pretty fun and I got some great memories.

For example, living in Arizona, we know all about the border patrol, and what an Alien really is (No racism intended) if fact, we got stopped by border patrol, and checked for, legal citizens, IDs (Of the adults) and all our suitcases were checked, along with the buses compartments, for crack, marijuana, crystal meth, various other drugs, and illegal immigrants. We got out of it clean. Before that, we saw some army jeeps go by, and it was pretty cool.

Another example is when we had to go to the beach. Camp Surf is also a nature reserve type thing, so the beach wasn't cleaned. It reeked of seaweed and dead fish. (Actually, if you saw that George Lopez Movie where he is a Troop Mom, they used Camp Surf's beach. And the scene where the wolf robot is going towards a military base in Transformers 2 was also filmed right outside the entrance. ) It looked something like this:

Except it was much bigger, and with more seaweed.  The thing on the left is a jetty.

The water was freezing cold, so me and one of my friends decided to tie the seaweed together. After more than 30 minutes of combining seaweed, we had an amazing large and long piece of seaweed. Surprisingly enough, it was highly elastic. In fact, after using it as a trip wire, we buried it, which required a very large hole.

That night, we had to come up with skits for an Eco-friendly vehicle. And hence, Garret the Human Pack Mule was born! Not so much born, as forced to crawl and sat on for the entertainment of my fellows.

Yes, he is farting. In fact, let me tell you how this vehicle works. Yous see, Garret is a packmule. A human pack mule. He runs on blood, sweat, tears, and beans. He is powered purely by gas. But a much more natural gas than you would expect. But wait, if you order now, you pay not $19.99, not $29.99, but $32.99. That's right, order now and get Garret the Human Pack Mule, complete with can of beans, for just $32.99*!

*Plus $52.99 for shipping and handling.


Not to mention, the people who ran the place thought it was a great idea to let the rabbits make holes near the archery range. I think at least 2 are dead by my hand. Accidentally of course.

Lucky for us, on the way home, we got to watch better movies. Like Pirates of the Caribbean.