Monday, April 30, 2012

Last Minute Camping Trip

We were camping when the bombs hit, and not even to try and escape them.  It was a last minute decision.

"What should we do this weekend?"
"I dunno.  Maybe we should go camping."
"In May?  Won't that be a little cold?"
"A little, but we'll take our warm sleeping bags.  It'll be fine."

I checked my email before we left the house, updated my facebook status.

"Going camping with my wonderful wife.  See you all when we get back."

Sometimes I wish I'd known what was going to happen.  Maybe I would have tried a little harder to get my buddy and his wife to go.

"Hey, Cindy and I are going camping this weekend, do you two wanna go?"
"Nah.  I think we're just going to stay in this weekend.  Do a movie marathon, or something."
"Okay.  Well you two have fun with that.  See you when we get back."
"See ya."

But I didn't.  I didn't say goodbye to my family, or my friends.  I didn't tell them how much I loved them, or how much I'd miss them if anything happened.  I didn't think anything would happen.  I was at work on Friday.  Cindy packed us up because she had the day off.  We barely took enough food for the weekend.

We went to our favorite spot:  A little meadow that we'd gone to dozens of times.  It had great ground for setting a tent on.  Almost no rocks and softer grass than you'd ever find in the city.  Almost no one knew about it too.  I don't think there was ever a time when we saw someone else.  Funny, that.  We wanted so badly to get away from everyone, but now we'd give anything to find some civilization.  What I wouldn't do for a coffee.  What Cindy wouldn't do for a dress.

The spot was so far out in the woods that we didn't recognize the bombs for what they were.  We thought there was a small earthquake, or maybe lightening booming over the mountain.  We didn't even think much of it, just put the rain tarp on the tent and kept on with our pick-nick.  Of course, I'm not sure what we would have done if we'd known what they were.  We couldn't have saved them.  We couldn't have saved anyone.

4 comments:

  1. wow maybe it was better you didn't know until after the fact

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    1. Haha, true enough. I'm really kind of excited about this start. I may make it into something more.

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  2. I know where there's life there's hope, but sometimes it can feel like surviving something isn't the better option.

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    1. Very true. I'm not sure what I would do in a situation like that. It'd be a tough place to be.

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