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>Be 15 at summercamp
>go on a 5 day canoeing trip
>We have an odd number so I have my own tent
>first 4 nights go great.
>Last night, massive storm
>Turns out my tent is really leaky (I set it up right).
>Wake up in a puddle
>Run outside and grap a tarp and throw it over my tent.
My sleeping bag is soaked so I curl up the fry corner of my tent and fall asleep, thank god I was wearing all synthetic and had dry socks in my drybag.
>Wake up in mourning look at the river
>The "Bear Barge" ( a canoe you put your food in with a rock as an anchor in the middle of the river so animals don't get it) is gone.
>I'm the best canoer so it's up to me and a counselor to canoe down river and get it.
>Canoeing dragging a bot behind you upriver sucks.
>We eat and pack up camp, only a 10 mile paddle ahead of us to the van at the parking lot, I get to sleep on a cot tonight.
>We get to the parking lot, the councilor puts the key in the ignition to turn it
>Key snaps in half
>We have to wait 6 hours for someone to drive up with the spare key, then a 6 hour drive back down.
