Day and Night 11

 June 26th of 2025

Day 11

    We got up at 6:00 for another long trip. It was finally time to go to our last campground which was in Umatilla. We packed our tents, sleeping bags, etc and got everything ready to go. We got our breakfast and packed our lunch and officially left the campground. We made an hour stop at The Big Obsidian Flow and hiked up for a while. There were a lot of people there too! Mainly because it was from a University in Texas. Once we explored and took pictures, we left and had so much fun on the car ride! We sang karaoke and told so many jokes! The whole car ride was literally laughs! We then got our lunch and stopped at a rest stop. I think I might take a break from sandwiches though because I have had so many on this trip.... It took like two more hours to get there and I felt so embarrassed to sleep in the car because I would randomly let out snores and wake myself up. I literally told Corbin to just leave me on the side of the road.  It was pretty funny though because it kept happening to the point where I just stopped sleeping. I put on my earbuds and listened to my music and we finally arrived at the campsite. Lis and I set our tent up next to Raquel and Yoleth!!! Overall, it was a very chill and fun ride to our destination!

Night 11

    Before dinner started, we were all worried because James got a bit sick and was rushed to get emergency care. We all hoped for the best and would hope he would arrive with good news. Dinner then started and I started cutting carrots and broccoli for Monet. She was making a chicken stir fry with white rice and potstickers. There were peanuts, siracha, and red chili flakes on the side for our platter. We were all tired from dinner so it felt good to finally sit down and talk to everyone at the picnic table. When we all finished dinner, Raquel and I started washing dishes. Afterwards, I got the ingredients to make pineapple filling for empanadas! Hopefully the butter I took out softens up so I can make the dough because if it doesn't, I don't know what will happen.... Just leftover filling I guess... After I was done making the filling, I cleaned up and joined Corbin, Monet, Raquel, Yoleth, and Lis at the picnic table to play cards. Raquel taught us how to play Old Maid. Yoleth won the round so congratsss!!! We had to try to not be so loud to to the other campers around us. After the round, we all called it a night. Lis and I went to our tent and just talked for a bit an I started scrolling through old videos. Lis wanted to watch and eventually we started to watch all of the old memories we had back then. We probably watched videos for about half an hour or more. Once we were done, we both drifted off to sleep!

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