Dude(s). I nearly died today. I was 'hiking' at this place and DUDE! It was insane.
I made the mistake of taking the rock path. And I totally tired myself out. I nearly fell. I had a GameBoy Advanced in my pocket. (Yes. I'm a dork with a GBA.) It fell out like... a million times. It fell off this one rock that was like... ten feet. And it didn't die. I'm happy for that. And amazed. Then I went through this crevice. The GBA fell out right before I went through it. I should've taken that as a sign. I nearly died in that crevice. I nearly fell off the little ladder thing. The TINY ladder thing. and then it took my like... three minutes to pull myself out of it. 'Cause I was WAY out of breath. And wearing a sweatshirt. And jeans. And had stuff in my pocket. It was HORRIBLE. So I finally got out.
Then I had to hike back down. This time, I chose the path. Smart choice. My legs were like jell-o, I was wheezing, and I was dehydrated. It was hell. Then I almost got lost. I was near this marsh thing. It was kinda cool. I saw this turkey vulture like... twenty feet away or something flying in the trees. then it landed. And I kept moving. In it's direction as I thought that was the way. My movement made noise and caused it to fly up again. It circled back around in my direction. I swear it was gonna come and try to eat me. But it saw that I was bigger than it and was like 'Oh! Uhm... Look! Another turkey vulture! I'll go fly with it!' And it flew away. Then I continued my hike down the mountain.
I finally got back to the lodge. (With a little bit of limp.) I meandered around looking for my mom and her friend. I swear I was SO lost. I finally found a bathroom and washed my hands and arms, because I felt a bit nasty. Then I wondered over to the gift shop and bought a pepsi. Then I went outside to sit and wait for my mom and her friend. I sat in this little gazebo thing, drinking my soda. Then I saw my mom. And all was well.
Yes. I nearly died.
But if I went on the hike thing with friends, I think it'd be better.