Canaan valley camping trip

If there is anything I could call it as a perfect holiday, this was it! We had a camping trip to the Canaan Valley resort, WV organized by the IASTE and the CMU-explorers club this weekend. We had to leave the CMU campus by Fri evening and return by Sun afternoon. The schools
participating: CMU, UPitt, Maryland College. There were 4 cars driven, we were 25 in all...

Left the campus at 6 in a Kia, reached the resort at 10. We drove straight, read 'never got lost'. Bcos, the ppl who left earlier at 3 and 4 did lose track quite a number of times, we all reached the place at the same time:) There was one mishap though, one of our friends who drove from Virginia met with an accident, her car skid on the ice, toppled and the car was in bad shape. Though the car got totaled, miraculously, she was unhurt and safe....

Reached the place, it was like amidst a dense forest, the resort was beautiful. Deers all around the place, their skin was glowing in the dark, some found that menacing I found it enchanting though:) Fri nite was fun...We began with an ice-breaker...had food, got drunk, danced like crazy, lit camp fire, had mash mellows with hersheys' chocs and biscuits...it was 2 and the party was still on. Obviously, we were not up bfore 10 the next day.

Sat morn began with a heavy breakfast - pancakes, bagels, orange juice. Headed to the lodge to find the activities available...found that the bungee jumping, chair ride, rock climbing are not gonna be open till May. This leaves us with little we thought, but we had little idea on what fun awaited us:) We got to explore mother nature more than ever before...we went for a trek. Took the deer trail first. Took a long walk along the woods, fed the deers with bread, we played hand ball and foot ball along the way...a little tired now, we needed to pamper ourselves. Went to the hot bath, then to the pool and the sauna. Wow, this felt like a perfect holiday. Played pool, discovered new skills I have...quite a number of air hockey games and we were ready to head
back to the cabin. Now, it was pitch dark! I had my cell phone to provide the little light we could travel with...we talked about ghosts in this ever dark night, the 15 min walk seemed like an eternity...

Had food, too tired for drinks and dance tonite I thought...played truth or dare kind of games...hit the bed at 1 and was up at 7. We took the club trail, took us an hr to cover that...the forest looked much more calm and serene in the morning...the trees, most of them barren...were wild but looked peaceful. We could hear the wind and our voices echo...the trail was a little marshy, it had rained last night, there was dew in the air...Back at 8:30, headed to the pool and sauna. Back to the cabin at 10, had breakfast, packed the stuff. Seemed like the trip had just begun and we were already heading back home.

Made so many good friends in this short trip, each one was funny in his own way. I still remember each one by their nick names we kept:) The German guy who couldnt follow a word of what I said, I was high but am sure I couldnt have been that incoherent either;) The guy who tried to flirt with me to make his girl friend jealous...the guy who danced salsa like I never could imagine, forced me to follow his steps and man, was I good or what, hehe...the babe who could do gymnastics in her dance steps...the sweet lady who cooked us pancakes...donno if I will
be in touch with any of these ppl, but each one was special and am glad I met them.

Started at 12 from the place, we took a wrong turn, rode an extra 55 mile stretch, that cost us an hr more and then the day light saving, man...I lost 2 hrs, hehe...but had fun, now damn tired...cant stop thinking about the various stuff we did.