To continue where Adam left off:
We all slept in until 12AM the next morning, when Rach woke up, feeling quite sick. It took a while for all of us to completely get up as we all needed the rest, but eventually (and after Erika throwing me outside in the cold) we all got ready to go grocery shopping.
After finding directions to the Weis nearby, we drove there and bought food for the last three meals of our trip, and medicine and tissues for Rach. (We also picked up some dry wood from a house along the way to have a fire, as it had been raining quite a bit). Immediately upon returning from the store we ate our fist real meal in nearly 24 hours, which consisted of microwavable soup and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Next, we walked along a trail that went around a small lake. The lake was frozen, so we also spent a lot of time walking on the ice, which was a lot of fun. Also, slowly the lake became more and more foggy until we couldn’t see the opposite side. Watching this process while on the lake was very cool.
By the time we got back, it was time for dinner. We made a stir fry using only an electric frying pan and some microwavable Tupperware containers. It was delectable, especially as we had not eaten a full good meal for so long.
Having filled our stomaches, and as it was raining outside, we took a 1.5 hour nap, both to catch up with sleep and give the sky some time to let up on the rain.
When we woke up, the rain hadn’t stopped, but we started the task of making a fire outside in the fire-ring anyways. It wasn’t easy as we had no kindling. We ended up prying as much bark and as many small pieces as we could off of the logs.
After about 45 minutes, we finally got the fire started. We immediately tried to cook some Jiffy Pop, but after 30 minutes without much success, we gave up. By then Rach was feeling quite sick, and the wet-coldness had gotten to all of us (despite the fire) and we went inside. We tried eating what we could of the popcorn, but half was burnt (and I mean black and connected burnt) and the other tasted like plastic. So I took what was left and popped it in the microwave (again using tupperware, but this time, it ruined it.)
After some team spider solitaire on the laptops, we watched Music and Lyrics, a pretty good chick flick. Then, after some final talking and goofing around, we went to bed.
