The "Great" Camping Trip

The "Great" Camping trip was a trip that started out great but ended up being not the most enjoyable.

## History

### The Plan and Drive

In early March of 2019, Pat was getting ready to graduate from college and invited his friends to watch him. Lucas, Travis, Justin, and other friends decided to go to support him but didn't want to go to Vermont just for him. They decided to go camping in a campground close by to the college. Lucas packed his tent fit for 3 people while another friend packed a tent for another 3 people, totaling 6 participants on the trip. The day of the trip, Lucas and Justin met at Travis' house and waited for the other three friends to arrive. Travis was one of the drivers, but only had enough room for one passenger due to the backseat being full of food and camping gear. Travis and Justin were going to drive while Lucas went with the other three friends. Travis and Justin were set to leave and Lucas stayed at Travis' house, waiting. Eventually, Lucas called after waiting half an hour to see where they were. The other three friends already left for Vermont, and offered to come back for Lucas. The reasoning for leaving was poor communication and their car was also full. Lucas denied and called Travis, asking to come back for him. Travis and Justin returned and all three of them resorted the car to fit an extra passenger. Finally, both parties were on the road. The car ride to Vermont was mostly pleasant, with only some issues with navigation. Justin was navigating for Travis, but wasn't clear at times, and used hand signals instead of words occasionally. Lucas secretly navigated Travis from the backseat. Lucas also kept communication with the other three friends who somehow were minutes behind them. One of the friends asked Lucas where he and Travis and Justin were, and Lucas responded with visual landmarks of their location and route, such passing a sign that said a location or a building that was memorable. This angered the main communicator of the other car, and insulted Lucas.

### The Campground

After driving for a few hours, Travis, Justin, and Lucas arrived at the main campground and looked for a place to sign in. Travis didn't know where to park, so Lucas went in to sign in for him. When Lucas entered, he said he had a reservation under Travis. The lady in charge was very hostile and asked Lucas all sorts of questions, some not relevant. The lady also wasn't understanding some of the information Travis put in when registering online. The lady then got VERY hostile to Lucas and annoyed. Lucas then sighed and said to her "I'm just gonna get the guy. He's in the car but didn't know where to park and he knows this better than I do." The lady then laughed and Lucas exited, returning with Travis who left his car in front of the door. After minutes of trying to confirm their ground, Travis then asked for a bucket of sand. The lady was confused and asked why. Travis said it was for the campfire. The lady asked him why he would need that for a fire. Travis said "It's just something we learned in boy scouts." The lady said no to this. Travis then had to pay another fee for the other car carrying the three other friends. So far, the campground wasn't great. The other three friends also got lost and were half an hour late to arriving. There was barely and signal to communicate either. Eventually, they found the campground and Lucas went to guide them to the site they had. Once parked, everyone got their tents setup, except one friend, who went on Tinder the whole time. It was approaching to be dusk, and everyone decided to make dinner. Travis was in charge of the main dinner, while Lucas made rice as a side. Everyone enjoyed the dinner and then just chilled around the fire. As nightfall came, everyone entered their tents. Lucas slept directly on a rock under the first tent. In the middle of the night, a gunshot was heard.

### The Morning After and Driving to Pat's Graduation

Morning arrived, and Lucas and one of the other friends discussed the gunshot they heard. Everyone else was asleep when it happened. All the friends made breakfast, consisting of eggs. All the participants enjoyed the eggs and talked, except one of the friends who again went on Tinder. All the participants then cleaned their cooking supplies and packed up their tents. As they began to leave, Travis's car stopped at the register office to sign out. Once done, everyone made their way to Pat's college. The drive was pleasant, but everyone was clearly tired.

### Pat's Graduation

After arriving at Pat's college, the two cars struggled to find parking. They eventually did, and went to the building where Pat was waiting with the other graduates. No one was able to find him, until Lucas spotted him. Lucas approached him and said hi, with Pat not hearing him. Lucas then talked to someone else briefly and said hi to Pat again, Pat hearing it this time. Pat hugged all his friends, and then left to go get ready. The NKBANGERS and three friends went to go find seats, and was surprised at how small the auditorium was, and how little graduates there were. As the graduates were walking, they were allowed to give small speeches at the podium. One of the graduates said only "meow" into the mic, prompting all the participants of the camping trip to look at each other. Pat then walked, grabbed his diploma, and thanked his family and friends for their support. Lucas shouted "Go Pat!!" and the other friends cheered. The rest of the graduation went on, with more odd speeches. Lunch was being served after the graduation, with the camping participants eager to eat. They all ate, with some getting more plates. The friend who was on Tinder got hostile suddenly about something, and made things awkward.

### The Trip Back

As the ceremony ended, all the camping participants were ready to leave. An idea was brought up to explore Vermont while they were there, and all agreed. Lucas navigated for Travis in the front seat as Justin wanted to sleep in the back. As they drove, they found an old wooden bridge. The NKBANGERS stopped and texted the three friends about it. The friend who also acted as the main navigator for the other car (and was also the hostile and one on Tinder) was angry about this, as they got lost and didn't know where the wooden bridge was. It was then decided to just go home. The hostile navigator from the other car then accused the NKBANGER car of speeding (going 90 in a 60), poor communication, and lying about where they were. The NKBANGERS promptly ignored her insults as they were going to speed limit and didn't want to deal with it anymore. It was later found out that the other two friends also didn't want to deal with her. The NKBANGERS made it back to North Kingstown, with the other car still 45 minutes behind somehow. Justin was woken up and all three NKBANGERS overall thought it was an okay trip.

## Aftermath

Some NKBANGERS were unaware of the trip, such as Zavier, who wanted to go. It was also determined from the NKBANGERS and two of the other friends who went to NOT bring the hostile navigator who used Tinder on anymore trips. This was because this individual made it less enjoyable for everyone. This event also made the NKBANGERS better communicators.

## Trivia

* The friend who was the hostile navigator and on Tinder was dropped from the entire friend group, including the other two friends.
	+ She was very rude to everyone, created drama and problems, and never would take accountability. She was dropped as a result of being beyond toxic.
* Justin snored while sleeping.
* Pat was back in Rhode Island two days later.
* Travis took some firewood back home with him.