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Camping
Hofer, Anil, Tav, Hillen, and I went camping out near the coast the weekend or so before we headed off to college in the fall. It was pretty cool. From the pictures, you can notice that the general theme of the event was "Fire".

The Race
Yeah, that's right. We're winning. Hofer's car was so bogged down with firewood that I easily beat him there. Hillen's finger.
Camping Line
You actually have to wait in a frickin' line before you can go camp. This took quite awhile.
Hofer and Tav
Hofer and Tav sit around or something. Hell, all we did was sit around, basically. And make fire.
Hofer's Lantern
Hofer worked for a good ten minutes or so trying to get his Coleman lantern to light. He burnt up all the wick things and it never did work.
Brad's Lantern
I brought a rechargeable flourescent lantern. You flip a switch.
Battery Russel
There are all these cool old military bases and batteries and stuff up around Ft. Stevens (hence the name) We checked 'em all out and played around.
More Battery Russel
Kinda cool view I thought.
I Ride the Gun
Being the monkey that I am, I climbed up on this big gun. It didn't say not to climb. <grin>
We Pose
So everybody climbs up and we pose like we're cool explorers or adventurers or something.
Purty View
Here's a pretty nice view from the top of that big gun we got on top of.
I'm Stupid
I hopped up on the barrel of some other gun and put my face in it.
FIRE! KICKASS! (167k high-res available)
I love fire, I just love it. I once burnt down a field on accident, but other than that, fire and I are friends. Go lighter fluid!
Sitting by the Fire
Sitting around the fire, talking about the things that guys talk about when women aren't around. (hint: women)
Anil's Fire
Anil is like a master o' the fire. We went to the beach and found some slightly buring wood. From that, Anil built this massive fire.
Fire's Cool
A close-up of Anil's wonderful fire.
Ahh, warm.
The beach was pretty cold with all the wind and all. It would've helped if I weren't wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
Keep Away From Fire (195k high-res available)
It also said, "Keep away from children." We ignored that one too. Flammable stuff is cool, it burns pretty nice.
The Beach
It was the first day of the first annual Kite Festival at the beach. Lot of cool crap was going on.
Purty (123k high-res available)
I just like shots like this, with the mountains reflecting off the water and the beach and I dunno... it's just cool.
Sand Castle
Anil and Hillen build some sort of sand castle thing. They really got into it. The rest of us went into the ocean because there were some cool girls out there.
And It Was Cold
And, as expected, the ocean was hell of cold. But still, it kicked ass. I love swimming in the ocean. I finally got Hofer to go in all the way, I was gonna tackle him down if he didn't do it himself.
 
   
Brad Fitzpatrick