My friend
Bill has this little cabin up in the woods of north central
Pennsylvania. In college we made many trips there to hang out, mt.
bike and just getaway from school for a while. One of our favorite
kind of trips was the winter trip. It's cold and wintery
outside while the inside is toasty warm. Not much to do, but hike
during the day and drink at night. It's perfect. In the
past we've taken our Jeeps up (2000, 2001), but lately we
just hang out (2004).
Of course this
year it wasn't so wintery, but still nice to getaway. After a little
diversion on our trip up (had to pick up this), we finally got there
around
midnight.
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First task is to get some
heat
going.
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Unfortunately it had been
raining most of the day, so most of the wood outside was wet. Jeff
sits at the kerosene heater trying to dry out
some
kindling.
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With the heat finally working, we brought in
our supplies and started setting up
shop.
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Of
course beer was
necessary.
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Then Jeff conked
out.
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Bill, free from the
responsibilities of being a dad, got down to entertaining himself
cabin style. At Jen's suggestion, I brought up a Frederick's
of
Hollywood catalog we had received in the
mail.
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In the morning it
was breakfast
time!
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After a good nights rest and fillig
breakfast, Jeff was ready to entertain himself with the
catalog.
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One reason a winter cabin
trip isn't for everyone is the lack of water. Bill's dad shuts off
the water late fall for the winter. If you have to use the
bathroom, you have to head down to the creek (behind the
cabin) to get water. This year was particularly nasty
getting up and down the
muddy bank with two five gallon
buckets of water.
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