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Curried Goat in a paper cup ([personal profile] derien) wrote2008-08-11 11:12 am

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I don't know why I didn't post saying we were back when we actually arrived, yesterday afternoon. Maybe I just didn't want to admit my birthday weekend was over. And today, it's my birthday.

I had a great time camping. Lovely, quiet, campground, Lafayette, on a steep hillside with the Pemigewassett River (not much more than a brook at that point) running along the bottom edge of the campground. It was raining Thursday evening when we got there, and continued on and off until Saturday morning. I finished reading "The Graveyard Game." (So, book When it broke we went for a walk - 2 miles down the Pemi River there's a whirlpool called The Basin which is cool. We also took lots of pictures of moss and mushrooms. :) Saturday afternoon we had sausages burned to splitting over the fire, because we'd become convinced of how goshawful tasty that is after cooking them with [livejournal.com profile] littleredhead and [livejournal.com profile] groundctrl over their brush fire last weekend, and it sprinkled on us a little, but there's not much that can distract me from good food after a good walk.

Sunday we broke camp early and went to Lincoln, where we had breakfast at Flapjack's, which I highly recommend. And then we meandered home by way of North Conway, where we stopped at the L.L. Bean factory store and got loot: the biggest items were a new wool blanket and a small end table with interchangeable tops to play chess, backgammon, Monopoly and Scrabble. We passed up an antique white coverlet for the bed, which I will probably regret.

And I have a package from my Mom! Birthday presents, which I've opened but not dug into as yet. Must go to work, now. :P

I slept so badly last night. Possibly because I had slept about 10 hours each night while at camp, but it seemed like more than just a lack of need for sleep. I had nightmares. Really yucky. And then when I'd wake up I'd start worrying about the end of the world. I was almost happy to see daylight.

[identity profile] tronella.livejournal.com 2008-08-11 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a good way to celebrate a birthday :)

I couldn't sleep last night either. Hopefully tonight will be better for both of us!
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[identity profile] derien.livejournal.com 2008-08-12 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
I hope so, too, but having a big cup of coffee (because I was so tired) probably won't help. (Because it's my birthday I made it a foofoo Starbuck's drink.)