one of my favorite parts about the trip to manning is the drive up there…not only do we get to pass through cities we only see once a year, but the moutains and forests that surround us are absolutely amazing…

every time we go up it always stirs my love of the out doors and the mountains…it makes me want to be an environmentalist and go and hug trees…i know bruce cockburn would be proud…

now usually i use manning as a time to do what i love best…lying in bed and doing absolutely NOTHING…everyone always makes fun of me because they know that i rarely leave my room during those four days…and they always make it such a big deal when i do…

saturday night david promised us that if we got up early and went hiking with him he would throw us a big drunk fest that night since it was our last…we all agreed but it was skeptical as to who was actually going to show up…

alexis and i went to bed early because we actually wanted to go and we didn’t want to let david down…so the next morning just before 8 jake came and woke us up…it turned out that out of all of us only me, alexis, jake, becky, and uncle paul were going to head out on this journey…since it was concert t-shirt weekend i thought i would be perfect to wear my bruce cockburn one…everyone was quite impressed

manning has four main lakes…Lightning, strike, flash, and thunder…so we decided to walk around the first three…we saw deer and sang all the songs we knew off by heart…we acted like goofs, recited lines from famous movies and took in all the beautiful scenery – unlce paul posed as our tour guide…
once we got to the third lake we stopped and had lunch…becky took off her shoes and went for a dip and the boys attempted to skip rocks…jake was pretty good at it…then jake and i attempted to remember all the terms we learned from geography 12…but all we could remember was circe and soil creep…so we just kept pointing out those two things as to sounds really smart…but we made a pack that eventually we would go back to school and re-learn geography…and im going to go back to my highschool to steal the textbooks – i have easy access there…

after the hike we went to lightning lake where steve came and him and jake when kiaking (sp?)…i attempted to study but instead took pictures of the beautiful lake…and slept in the sun…

unfortuently by the time we got home we were so tired…that we ended up going to bed early…and didn’t have our drunk fest…but not to worry!! tomorrow is the family picnic so we will make up for it there – and all those who i newly adopted…make sure you come too!

MUSIC – Matthew Good – In A World Called Catastrophe

this year my aunt decided to create The Amazing Race for us all to play…there were five teams of five and we each got clues to different areas around the park…convinently jacob was on my team and our team colour was white…so it was only fitting that we carry on our love of wanting to be gangsta and named our team White Trash From Squampton (squampton because all the people from Squamish think they are gangsta like people from Compton…so they call their town squampton…its pretty sad) we tried to look stupid – in the picture to our right – signifing our home town of squampton

so we doned our white bandanas like any hooligans would and knew we were going to win…we could feel it in our hearts and souls and in ever fibre of our being…

my brother steven was stuck with the purple team…so him and ryan tried to be gangsta in their own right…it was pretty sad, but enjoyable…purple cowboys ‘trying’ to be cool…

before the games were to begin my cousin came by and said that jake looked like kevin federline…do to his white trash apperance…so i said if he was kevin then i was clearly brittany, i just had to skank it up a bit…but that was easy

and finally the games were on…the thing with this game is that everybody seems to forget is that its points that make you win not who finishes first…and that was clear since in the ring toss i was lacking and we were so far behind…needless to say through out the game we catched up…and then it was the finale clue, and, and…we got completely lost…

finally we had to go behind the cabin to the creek and find the last clue…by this time it was pitch black so we had no lights and no sense of direction to guide us…so jake and i decided to put brittany and kevin into full gear and come up with a gangsta rap to round up the spirits…

by the end of it all we got some adult assistance to find the clue and were the last team to finish…but we knew in our hearts we had the gold…and the next day the results were posted…

it was a tearful victory

MUSIC – Queen – We Are The Champions

last year my dearest cousin david decided to get a bunch of us girls drunk…and dammnit were we willing…while drinking we decided to play the infamous game of Balderdash – you get a word and have to try and define it, if you dont know the definition you make one up that sounds like it could be the definition, the goal is to sound smart so people will pick your definition – i however never play the proper way…my goal is to come up with the stupidest definitions as to have everyone laugh at me…we named this gathering – Billy Corgan & the Gentlemens Club (b/c i think david looks like billy corgan)

this year we girls we set on having our club meet again…and so the first day of manning was specifically set aside to drink, and drink, and play balderdash…

we started that afternoon with some margiritas…clearly alexis dad had too much and thought he would look cool if he wore my glasses

alexis is wearing a tie while drinking her margerita…and essential if you want to be in the gentalmens club

an afternoon of pre drinking and anticipation of the eve – we let steven and jacob join in even though they aren’t girls…

here we are waiting to start…we figured we would get in a few games of balderdash as to prep ourselves for the night ahead…however little cousins took over…and so we abandoned that… …and i hadn’t even started yet…notice the goggles and tie – essentials

david was taking too long so we took things into out own hands…pre drinking some beer with jake and steven…and no steven is NOT of age…

have you ever seen Bob & Doug McKenzie??? if your canadian you better…this is us tring to do our version of the Great White North blowing in bottle song!

ahh…goggles and beer…i labeld mine so now hosers would steal it…

i love the bubbles in this picture

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FINALLY…the club is in session…excpet we were missing the majority of the girls…but we gained a few boys…this years drink of choice – orange juice and peach schnapps

ahh david…yea i guess he doesn’t look anything like billy corgan…oh well…

the members of this years club…we played poker instead…and 21…and i had to get jacob to count my cards for me

david then got us to all pile into his car so we could listen to Grandaddy…it was rad and we sang…and apparently got a lot of the adults mad at us…i mean it was 1 in the morning…another gentlemens club goes down in history…

MUSIC – Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight

i look so enthrolled about our vacation…

one of my uncles had the key and we wanted to get in so dad climed the rail and got in through a window…

this is what happens when you take a picture of fire the same time someone else takes a picture of fire…both with the flash on…

ok so i am back…dead from lack of sleep and drinking and hiking and over all just going crazy…

my laptop is being a bitch and won’t let me go on the internet…and all my pictures are on that computer so i CLEARLY can not acess them right now which really pisses me off…grrrr

plus i have a midterm in 4 hours which i really need to go study for since i didn’t at all the weekend…well…very little anyways

ok so if i dont die between now and tomorrow i shall manage to stick some pictures and stories up here…it will be fab

down load some GRANDADDY…they are soooooo good…especially the song below

MUSIC – Grandaddy – Stray Dog & The Chocolate Shake