I had planned on getting to her house earlier than I did, but I took a huge unplanned detour all around Boston. That's what you get for using phone GPS. Not too long after getting there we were already on our way back into town to board a ferry. We spent the whole day volunteering on Peddock's Island, lending quite a few hands to cleaning up debris and making for a more aesthetically pleasing place to visit. We got free shirts, lunch, and the company of many new friends, so it was a successful day in my eyes.
We spent that night at Rani's before Outdoor Nation. They dragged me to The Dark Knight, and I actually sat through the entire thing and didn't fall asleep! I'm not much of a movie go-er, so I was pretty proud of myself. It was three hours long, aren't you proud?
We were at UMass Boston bright and early the next morning. We collected our free shirts and waterbottles and prepared for...actually at the time I wasn't too sure what to expect exactly. There were two massive projector screens and a stage, and I did know that we were supposed to be creating projects and presenting them so I got a tad bit nervous.
The day went well though. I met plenty of awesome people, ate free lunch, snacks, and dinner! Plus another free ferry ride! We spent the night out on George's island. We got a quick introduction to the island and its famous ghost stories, and a few awesome people from the Northface before before everyone went their separate ways. Everyone slept in tents, and spent the majority of the night exploring the forts and enjoying the campfire.
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| The view from George's Island |
I found myself exploring the island in its entirety with two strangers. Sounds dangerous. That's just the way things are nowadays I guess. I actually didn't think you could have so much fun with such unfamiliar people, especially that came from such different backgrounds! One of them is from the Bronx.
My new found friends and I ended up back at the campfire, only this time it looked so different. When we left it, the flame was almost impossible to see through all the people. Now there were only a few faint shadows hovering around the pit. Long story short, I've never laughed around a fire more than I did around this one, and three of us slept most of the night out there. We did eventually run out of wood and got cold enough to head back to the tents.
Before I knew it the sun was up and everyone was packing away their tents. We were on the ferry back to Boston by 7. That was stupid; I got barely any sleep, and I had to present a project in front of a huge room of strangers, on a stage, and with microphones, and that also was thought up the day before. I get really bad stage fright, so I have no idea how we did. I prentended I didn't know how to set up a tent as part of the presentation, then stood there telling myself that I don't have to actually present anything so stop being so scared of nothing, for the rest of the time we were up on stage.
The rest of the day was spent watching other groups present and voting for the winners. Each winning group would get a certain amount of money to actually fund the project that they created. The group I was in definitely did't win, but in our defense, one of the groups that came up with a similar project did.
By the time the day was over, we all left with our hands and bags full of free stuff, as well as an experience that I am so glad we didn't pass up.
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