Dejavu - For the 3rd Time (3)

Ah, yes. I have once again experienced the paradoxical joys of camping. Last weekend's annual Weimar Academy fall camp-out took me and my fellow classmates once again to the shores of Lake Tahoe to enjoy the sand and sun, the heat and cold, the food and hunger (between meals), and the best part of all: sleeping in a tent! Wow! Several discreet remarks from a few happy campers (including, but not limited to Ms. Polk) gave me the impression that everyone really enjoyed the comforts that sleeping in a sack of cloth on top of a slab of foam had to offer. Well I certainly enjoyed it.

Some of the highlights of the weekend for me were the canoeing, Mr. Bushnell's pancakes, canoeing, using my new tent, and of course canoeing. (Hey isn't that what lakes are for?) The annual hike to Desolation Wilderness is getting a bit old after doing it for three years. The last night at camp a full trash bag was left out and Mr. Boyd, the math teacher, got to listen to the melodious sounds of a bear grunting and thrashing his way about camp with the bag in its mouth. Yeah, camp-outs always have their share of excitement. I was loathe to leave the homework-free environment when we packed up Monday morning. Oh, well, not to worry. One more Tahoe camp-out until I'm out of here!