A story of late night wanderings, bears, badgers, and a bathroom.

Whilst adventuring in the wild woods and sandy beaches of Oregon, I attended yet another year of Girls Camp.
This year I was not there as a girl though. I was there as a Photographer.
This meant I had my own tent that I could set up wherever I pleased.
I choose a choice spot near the place where the food was served, near the bathrooms, and most importantly  where I could avoid the large hills.
My grandparents provided me with a spectacular tent:

I selected the left side of the tent for my own personal use.

I was granted a tent buddy I fondly call Kay-kay. She took the left side and we dubbed our tent Hogwarts.
(She slept in Slytherin I slept in Gryfindor)
The first night was, well, wet.
Being Oregon and everything it rained all night. I woke up the next morning with a wet pillow and slightly soggy socks.
We procured some plastic to use the rest of the week and spent the day under umbrellas

The seconded night is where my story of terror really begins...

It started off fine, after an exausting day of picture taking and gormet judging me and Kay-kay fell into a blissful sleep.
It didnt last long for me.
I woke up in the dead of night with one thought
I have to pee or I may die.
I was groggy and not fully aware of why I was in a tent, I rolled out of bed and into my purple rain boots.
I remember briefly considering waking up Kay-kay, but I decided if I was dying she could hear my scream.
I started up the hill to the bathrooms.
Looking around me in my deeply deprived of sleep state of mind I suddenly realized I was not in Arizona
I was in the woods.
Bears lived in the woods.
Raccoon's lived in the woods
And badgers... OH MY GOSH I'M GOING TO BE ATTACKED BY BADGERS!!!
I broke into a sprint the rest of the way to the bathrooms.
Still panicking I went into the bathroom,
"There are no badgers in Oregon" I told myself.
I swung open a stall door causing a large shadow to shift out of the corner of my eye, I almost had a heart attack.
After checking all the other stalls assuring there were no more badgers I relieved my still full bladder.
I stumbling back to my tent, seeing badgers around every corner. I fell into my bed and returned to slumber.
It was by far one of my most terrifying experiences. I don't even remember the rest of camp.

And that is why you should always take a buddy to go pee with you.

Life's a Beach

Just so you know, I'm skipping girls camp for the moment and moving on to my favorite part of Oregon.
The beach.
I will try not to dump to many pictures in this post, I really love the sea, so I take a lot of pictures of it.

I miss the sea.

Intro to Oregon

.:Oregon is where my heart lives:.


My adventure began with a 10:30 flight out of PHX airport, we landed in San Francisco a short time later, where I would be for the next three hours until my flight to North Bend.

Imagine my surprise in looking out the window to discover I am in the same part of San Fran as my Dear Cabbage (Cabbage is a close friend who is on his mission in south San Fran)

It was a long wait, I bought my self a bright green San Francisco sweat shirt, ate some Chinese food and waited

and

waited

Bought a few postcards to send to Cabbage

waited some more

until finally I said farewell to one of my favorite cities and boarded the plane set for Oregon

Don't worry San Fran!

I will be back again soon to see you for more than three hours!

I arrived at North Bend airport into the waiting embrace of my lovely Grandma, We got my luggage, grabbed some dinner and a few groceries and started the hour long car ride to my grandparents house.

I was greeted my all the familiar sights and sounds of my first home, my Aunt and two cousins (my only cousins on my mom's side of the family) came down the hill to see me and I went to bed happy and content to be "home".

The next morning was a flurry of packing, this time for Girls camp, My grandpa made me some delicious waffles which I promptly devoured with homemade strawberry freezer jam YUM!

Poppy makin waffles!

One of the many cats enjoying a sliver of sun

Waffles and Jam!

 After waffles and packing I went into the front yard to wander, and enjoy the beautiful weather.

This is my cousin Nicholas, he loves it when I take pictures of him with my grandma's dog blossom.

Nicholas is autistic.

These tiny daisys grow all over my grandparents yard, since I was little they have been my favorite.

My poppy always waits to cut the grass and these little flowers until after I have seen them.

<3

Thank you Poppy

We gave my grandmother this dog a few years back, Blossom is so loved and completely spoiled!

Another one of my favorite flowers that grows on a vine by the shed.

The old apple tree

Wild buttercups that grow by the woods

Some of my Grandma's calla lillies

After wandering around, the rest of the people going to Girls camp with us still hadn't arrived,
I went back around the front to continue waiting...

My Poppy is a hilarious guy!

I adore him!

Fresh picked strawberry's from the garden!

The next Oregon post will be about girls camp, so be ready.

XO -Ambergirl