The "Supply Barge" pulling into the campsite
Well, we're not really going on a weekend this year...but the name stuck. Survival weekend was my brother Joel's brain-child. Joel decided that what he wanted for his birthday was not "presents", but to spend a couple nights on an island in the middle of the intracoastal waterway with some good friends. The idea was birthed from the show man vs. wild and it was to be a weekend of living off of the land and water with nothing but a tent, a fishing pole and the will to survive. A very cool idea...and almost what it turned into.
Survival weekend is now an annual event on it's 3rd or 4th year (can't remember) and it has become much less about surviving off the land and more about trying to get all the supplies for one night over to the island in less than 3 boat trips. We now take enough that we could sustain "survival semester" if we caught no fish and didn't know how to build a fire. It's fun. Sitting around a campfire in the middle of nowhere is fantastic. The scenery is amazing and the bugs aren't bad if it's under 65 at night.
I'm looking forward to survivor weekend next week when the good doctor gets into town. It will be an awesome time with great family and friends.
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