Friday was low key with Preston making a pasta dish to carb load. Since we knew we were going to be gone on Sunday we did our long runs for training on Saturday. The weather was so humid! I was drenched in sweat within the first mile. Saturday morning was the Texas/OU Red River Rivalry which plays at the Cotton Bowl. It's a mile from our house so on my run I could see the cars already on their way to the stadium to tailgate. This was taken around 8:30 am.
By noon we were both showered and eating a Subway sandwich. It was one of the best tasting sandwiches I had in awhile. Sometimes you just need an old school meal. I got our camping bin out of the garage and made sure everything was good to go. I made a quick run to the grocery store to pick up some apples, bananas, and ice. Backed my Jeep into the garage for easy loading and then we waited.
The whole Government shut down has finally affected my life. It's kind of hard to go camping at a national park when it's closed. Now I wasn't the planner of this camping trip, so I didn't really think about it until it was time to go and we had no where to go. We ended up not leaving the house till close to 5pm on Saturday! Every time we do go camping its with the same group of people and I love it. We all know each other and what to expect from the trip. Certain people bring certain things. It's easy and relaxing. Hidden Cove was our place of choice this trip. It is up in Frisco, TX off of the lake. Every single time we go camping it rains. Not necessarily the whole time, but it happens. Without fail on our drive there the sky opened up and poured. We were still driving so in a way, we were ok. But our friends....were already there and setting up camp. By the time we got there, they were drenched! We moved to a different location as the spot we original had was now mudville.
After we got the campfire set up, dinner cooked and eaten, we went on some trails. This was also the area that we originally were suppose to be camping. It was soooo dark and muddy back in there!
The rest of the night was spent sitting around the campfire just talking and sharing stories. We had some music going so it was a nice setting. Not sure what time we all went to sleep. Preston and I woke up around 7:15am, ate an apple, and then went back to sleep. Everyone was up by 10am and we had started the fire again to cook up some grub. We all got out of there by 1pm. It was a short trip, but totally worth it. It was nice to get out of the city and not hear traffic, sirens, or watch TV. It made the weekend itself seem long. I'm ready to start the week and eat some veggies! I feel kind of yucky with only eating apples and hot dogs.
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