Those hybrids aren't gonna water themselves. What are people thinking?
Random Update 11-03-15
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 On 11/03/2015 at 10:44 AM by Ranger1 See More From This User » |
Not much going on in the gaming end of things lately. Spent most of the last two weeks getting ready for the annual three day trip I refer to as the "Ranger Retreat" at friend/neighbor/co-worker/honorary little brother Michael's family's camp with Michael and Andy. Normally, I get Jason to stay at the cottage with the pets, but he was starting a new job and his days off changed. This meant cleaning and tidying the cottage for the pet sitter, as well as working and getting ready for the trip.
Kaylee helps with the packing.
The camp is on an island and there are only two ways to get to it: take a boat or hike in four miles and make a river crossing. I'm not much for boats and it's a bit cold at the end of October if the canoe tips over, so we hike in. The camp has no electricity, no running water, no phone, and no cell service. It does have peace, quiet, wildlife, gas lights, and an awesome fireplace. We go up there to unplug and de-stress. There are tabletop games to play, lots of books, and an island to explore. At night, there were only three other lights visible on the lake from the camp. Hiking in, we saw a deer who let us get pretty close.
Once we got there, Michael was getting the gas turned on and pilot lights lit, I was putting away food, and Andy went out to split firewood, and we had a barred owl practically right over head hooting at us. After we got organized, we had dinner and got the fire going. Later, we went out to watch the full moon over the water.
The next day, we alternated between camp chores, hanging out in front of the fireplace, and exploring before the rain started. I took some flak for bringing my 3DS and running around in Animal Crossing watering my flowers. Hey, I didn't want to lose my hybrids! It didn't take long for my battery to die, so they weren't able to make fun of me for long.
The last day, I heard loons calling on the lake in the early morning in the mist and rain. The hike back out was a bit damp, but it had stopped raining and it had gotten freakinshly warm. We hiked in wearing sweaters and wool hats, and hiked out in t-shirts. Oh, and I can say with absolute certainty that yes, bears really do shit in the woods. There was lots of it in the trail. After we were off the trail, we bumped into the park manager for the local state park and he gave us a ride back to where we'd parked the car, saving us half an hour of hiking along the road. Gotta love ranger solidarity!
Playing: Animal Crossing, still. Also started getting back into Tales of Zestiria. I'm still not very far in, but loving it so far. I was bad and bought myself a $25 Live card and picked up Costume Quest 2 and the Antman table for Pinball FX2. I have yet to play Costume Quest 2, but I foresee an all-day gaming day coming in my very near future. I did play Antman a few times, enough to beat Cary's high score (he was at the top of my friends list for this table), but unfortunately I was offline when I did, so I don't know if it will show up.
Reading: Finished The Gray Horse and started rereading Joel Rosenberg's Not For Glory. It's a favorite. I have another book set in the same universe called Hero, which is sort of a sequel. Apparently, there's a prequel out there that I haven't read, so I'll have to track it down and read that one, too.
Watching: Almost caught up with Supernatural and Agents of Shield, and working on catching up on The Originals. Made Jason watch Finding Nemo with me last week. One of those movies that I knew he'd like if he ever gave it a chance. Our favorites were the lobsters and the seagulls. The lobsters needed a bigger role.
Listening: in the CD player over the last week or so: Song of the Sea - Julia Lane, Best Shots - Pat Benetar.
So long, Pixlbit Nation. I'm off to buy food for the week and hopefully find my water bottle that I left at work last night.
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