Of Smoke and Mosquitoes

Beth and I made another attempt at camping over the weekend. It was a quasi-successful attempt at camping, sort of. We grilled steaks over the fire, cooked baked beans in the can over the fire, and made peach cobbler, over the fire. The steak was a little on the crispy side, but it was tasty. We didn't bring any bowls and had flimsy paper plates, so we shared the beans right out of the can. By the time the peach cobbler was done there were lots of little specks of ashes and the occasional tiny bug on the surface, but it was still tasty, (with extra protein!).
We brought a laptop with us and set up our chairs behind the explorer and watched Without A Paddle, funny movie. Then after dinner we stood around swatting mosquitoes and enjoying the view. We hopped into the tent and watched another movie (The Village), which was cool, but the battery died about 1 minute before the movie ended. Then we stoked the fire and made some smores. Eventually we just started throwing the marshmallows in the and watching them expand. Cool stuff. When it was time to go to bed, we realized we forgot our air mattress, so we slept on the hard ground just like the good old days. I slept horribly, just like the good old times.
All in all it was a fun little camping trip. Beth kind of enjoyed herself, although she hated all the bugs and mosquitoes and such, but hey that's part of camping. I came home with a veritable plethora of bug bites on my legs and arms, but I don't mind.
In other news, I won the film festival at work, got my x-box 360, and ya. That's about it!