Pictures taken 08-August-02 through 11-August-02
the Shrewsbury crew (and Kristin) go on vacation
THURSDAY, 8 AUGUST 2002
Kristin and I arrived a couple hours before everyone else on Thursday, so we were able to prove that we could set up our tent all on our own without any help. Sort of.
Despite my best effort at reading and following the directions, our first attempt at setting up the tent was slightly unsuccessful - we forgot to attach the top of the tent dome to the poles. It took less than ten minutes, though!
front view:
top view:
Once we realized our mistake, Kristin reread the directions while I tried to figure out what we were supposed to do with this other nylon piece, which turned out to be called a "fly" and goes over the top of the tent like a canopy.
First I tried to scare Kristin by pretending I was a ghost and wearing the mysterious nylon thing.
Then I showed her that it wasn't a ghost, but just me. She didn't believe me at first. She thought she was taking a picture of the Blair Witch when she took this one.
After we figured out our mistake, we took down the tent and put it back up correctly. That took twenty minutes.
front view:
We brought an awful lot of stuff. This is the backseat of my car. The trunk was also full.
This is just a blurry picture of me.
FRIDAY, 9 AUGUST 2002
Most of Friday was spent at Hampton Beach, where Dave generously taught people how to surf and boogie-board.
Dave and Dan have been surfing together for over five years, yet these two pictures are the first ones taken of them all set to jump in the water.
These next three are of Dave and Dan trying to teach Karen how to surf.
Phil and Mike boogie-boarding
After the beach, we headed back to the campsite. The rest of the pictures in this section are from our evening of revelry.
I'm not sure why, but Kristin asked me if I was shining my flashlight through my shirt. I wasn't, but for her benefit, I lit up the pig's nose on my Guster t-shirt while squealing "piggynose!!!".
Because he is the best cook on the planet, Dave did most of the cooking again this time.
I tried to scare people by shining the flashlight at my face while wearing a bizarre expression. It didn't work.
We like fire. A lot. Big campfires are especially good.
Will admiring his handiwork.
I make really dumb faces.
Kristin drinking a kamikaze.
Kristin and Will
Mike is an amazing guitar player
A blurry picture of me and Dave
Dan was cracking me up by doing some weird "drunk people think this is funny" trick. It worked.
Erin sitting by the fire (the blurry figure in the background is Phil)
Another dumb face
Dan and Mike
Dave was making funny faces at me. It made me laugh.
blurry picture of me
Phil, Dave and Dan
SATURDAY, 10 AUGUST 2002
I wasn't feeling too well from getting a mild case of heat exhaustion and a very bad sunburn on Friday, so I spent most of Saturday just chilling at the campsite with Kristin and Phil in the morning and Dave in the afternoon. Crisis struck mid-afternoon when Erin nearly severed her toe on a very sharp rock at the beach, so our evening festivities were a bit more tame.
We still built a good fire, though.
I make dumb faces when sober, too.
SUNDAY, 11 AUGUST 2002
On Sunday morning, a few of us (Mike, Dan, Dave and myself) hit the beach for some more surfing/boogie-boarding and lots of great pictures.
Dave getting ready to surf
The boys pose for a couple of pictures...
...then head into the waves.
Action shots! (each large picture is followed by a closeup)
Dave
Mike and Dave
All three
Dave
All three
Mike
All three
Mike
Dave and Dan
Dave
Dan took these two pictures of me and Dave. I think they need a tiny bit of touching up (they are a bit dark), but they are nice pictures.
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