Two weeks in a field.

Camping according to Wikipedia. "Camping is an outdoor recreational activity. The participants (known as campers) leave urban areas, their home region, or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or several nights outdoors, usually at a campsite". 
Ok so outdoors, check. Left 'home' and urban areas,check. Enjoy nature while spending one or several nights outdoors, well yeah I was outdoors for several nights but what's this ENJOY rubish?! Obviously Mr Wikipedia hasn't been camping in a field!
I've got 20 reasons for anyone and or everyone to NOT go camping with me:

View From Tent #1

1. Picture this- A 2 man tent + 2 blow up mattresses+ Me...
So the tent we hired from the base was probably the smallest 2 man tent on earth but it still was a good tent (take note on the 'was'). So 2 inflated air-mattresses in a mini 2 man tent means that it might just be a bit hard to get in and out. Emma being the smart woman that she is decided that entering the tent would be best done with a run up and exiting would be best by being heaved out by a caring friend, mostly me! Lets just say Emma broke tent..
2. The second night it decided to rain. Because some clown broke the tent, the tent flooded. 
3. I became completely covered in what we named leprosy but ended up being bed bug bites. Our tent was infested with bed bugs. So. Bye bye 2 man tent hello 1 man tent.
4. If from the last line you didn't pick up that we got a 1 man tent, WE got a 1 MAN TENT, WE.. 2 PEOPLE. So now there is me, Emma and 2 air-mattresses in a 1 man tent. I felt like I had a 1 night stand for 3 nights!

12 baptisms took place!

5. As we where camping there was no laundry facilities. Plus it rained non stop so we wore the same clothes for 3 days and couldn't shower for 3 days.
So by this stage Emma is getting a little stabby but still in good spirits with a 1 man tent with 2 people, no shower for 3 days and no clean clothes. Mind you in this time its pouring with rain most of the 3 days and the ground is becoming more and more like a chocolate thick shake. I'm smelling like a homeless-mans foot and I'm looking about the same. 
6. A whole heap of our gear went moldy- Runners, t-shirts, pants.. Hello landfill 

Tent #3 luxuary we could stand up!

7. Emma and I got diareiah (exploding poo). So another mental image. 1 man tent + 2 air-mattresses+ 2 very 'over it' people + I having direah = DISASTER. In the middle of the night I needed to go to the toilet and becuase I had diareiah I NEEDED to go. Only problem being that Emma is on the door side of the tent. So in the midst of trying to get out by climbing over Emma, Emma freaks out because there is someone half on top of her in the middle of the night. We are wobbling around in our one man tent making a racket trying to figure out what the hell is going on! Eventually after a struggle I stumble out of the tent into the mud outside!
8. Emma gets diareiah for 5 days straight! SELF EXPLANATORY!
9.  Do washing- wet for 3 days- smells like bum, then needs to be washed again.
10. Emma got an in-grown toe nail
11.My back starts hurting.
12. Mental picture number 3. As the sewerage system is a small stream that flows through the campsite you gotta be careful where your walking. So Emma being pretty over it by this stage is walking around at night near 'Poo Creek' some how manages to nearly go bottoom up and ends up with half her leg stuck in 'poo Creek'. She didn't just have her leg covered in ass but her thong got sucked in so she had to dig it out with her hands. Yeahhhh 
13. Might as well add the fact that there where 2 showers and 4 toilets for 60 people then on Friday and Saturday 2 showers and 4 toilets for 200 people.
14. After the crowd of 200 left I was pretty stoked to have a shower so she made sure she was one of the first ones!
15. Not being able to flush the toilet for number ones but even if you did a number two it would barely flush anyway! Emma doesn't have a very strong stomach especially in the mornings. The last thing she want to be smelling in the morning is someone curry chicken bowel movements from the night before. Thank-you to who ever that was. Thank-you very much, since she kindly told me about it in a lot of detail!
16. My back is seriously hurting by this point
17. My cup, managed to get a big whole in it so no hot chocolate for me! ...Good times

View From tent #3

18. Just about every time the milo tin came out I had to use my bowl! And just an add on.. every time I used the urn I got burnt!
19. The damper that i did cook over the fire was either burnt or not cooked at all. FAIL! 
20. Conversation - Emma to El: Emma " Dude, can you look at my back, it feels like I have a massive pimple!"
El" Sure,......ahhhhhhh that ain't a pimple". So because her immune system was so low from being sick or infected most of the camping trip, she got shingles.. Sweet bubbly rash on her back! Ended up having to come home 2 days early, leaving me to have more space but no one to complain to!


So in between all of that I actually had an awesome time in Hidden Valley and would love to go again. The scenery was awesome, the company was great, loved the swimming hole, food ruled and campfire was the bomb.
I've got my out reach coming up in a week an a half. I'm nearly half way through the course and I'm pumped to come home and see what's next. So many ideas flying around my head it's hard to switch off, so we'll have to just wait and see what God has planned! :-D  
Love you all!
Peace out. X