Story time!

[vta4ever]

does anyone have any good stories from any outdoor activity? (biking, hiking, skiing, snowboarding, backpacking, rafting, anything) make em funny if ya can, we would all love to hear em.  

[Bodhran777]

Nothing particularly too thrilling, but...

I went on a camping trip with a large group down to a park in West Texas called Fort Davis.  Being the edge of the desert in the middle of October, it was very pleasant.  Dry, slightly overcast, great camping weather by our standards, and so everyone had shorts, t-shirts, light tents, etc.  Personally, I was in a tent without the fly so the air could move through.

Everything went great the first few days, until it suddenly snowed overnight somehow.  Of course, those shorts, t-shirts, and light tents previously mentioned did nada to shield anyone.  Temperature dropped, snow piled up (quite a bit for our area, which is usually very dry), and some people's tents actually caved in from the snow weight right on top of them.  Some of them thought an animal tripped into their tent, and we woke up to people cursing their way out of piles of tent fabric and fiberglass poles.

Needless to say, that trip got cut way short, since no one was prepared to face the cold.