Saturday, May 31, 2008

Q Vacation
I think I have officially found something I enjoy more than Yaoi.

A few weekends back the QQQ went to Gearhart, Oregon for our vacation. It was the first time all 8 of us were together. In 2008 no less. We made the trip in a little over an hour and ended up at the beach at about noon. It was so foggy that we couldn't see that ocean but we could hear its roar and smell the sea salt. It was almost eerie... there was no wind just silence and fog for miles. People disappeared into it about fifty feet from where we stood in all directions. It was like a dream.

After the fog began to clear we headed back to the beach house to settle in and went into town to pick up necessities and the like. Of course, we couldn't have a bonfire on the beach until it was dark so we had nearly six hours to kill.

My friends Chris, Jenni, Alex and Fari accompanied me on a 4 mile hike on the Tillamook Head in Seaside, Oregon. It was majestic... the woods were silent and air was mild. We didn't even manage to work up a sweat. It took us three hours to get nearly to the top but as we were within a stones throw of the most beautiful view I anticipated ever seeing we got a phone call from those we'd left behind at the Beach house (they didn't want to go with us.... losers) they told us that the adults we getting positively plastered and were either hitting on our only minor or threatening to kill him... so we regretfully turned back and returned to the Beach house.

It was about dark then and so the 8 of us loaded up Jenni's car with wood and drove it to the edge of the beach and made a bonfire with which we roasted hotdogs and marshmallows and just sat and listened to music and talked.

The wind had picked up so much that we had to shout over the music and the sky cleared just long enough for the sun to set. It was amazing. We spent a good four hours sitting next to our fire on the beach and enjoying the company.

It was more fun than I'd ever had in my entire life. More fun than my first Anime Convention or my Grad Party at my high school. It made me sad to climb into the car and leave Gearhart behind.

Luckily, we're returning in just a few weeks to finish our hike and this time we get the Beach house to ourselves... which means no impossibly drunk parents or passed out adults to worry about. Nope. None at all.
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