This summer, I went tubing with my cousins (and aunts. and uncles. but the cousins were the majority). It was… interesting. We started off bright and early (well, not very early; some people decided to stay up late) from the campgrounds we had slept in the previous night. (In case you didn’t know, Montana gets really, really cold at night. Even if it normally doesn’t become quite so frigid, it did that night. I was not prepared and froze while my over-prepared tent mate of a cousin boiled in her-older brother’s-fancy sleeping bag.) From there, it was a short drive out to the lake and an even shorter trip to the rocky, miniature forest of an island in the center.
We unpacked and ate food that was somewhat healthy. (We did have responsible adults there, and when I say that, I do not mean my father, uncles, or older cousins. They were not very interested in being adults and wanted to play in the water. The adults I speak of are the three females over 18-my aunt, cousin-in-law, and stepmother.) The water’s small waves sparkled, beckoning some of us to go out early-too early, as when we fell off the two-person tubes, we froze. We soon stopped trying in favor of the warmth of the rocky island.
In the afternoon, our numbers multiplied as we prepared to go back out onto the lake. A few of my second-cousins came out …show more content…
We were astonished, as we had been using different sunscreens all day-and frequently reapplying. Even the baby, who had slept in the shade, been constantly covered, and continuously sunscreened, was burned. I have rarely burned in my life, but that night I looked like a bloody tomato. (Later, we discovered that most of the sunscreens had expired. Life Lesson: Do Not Use Expired Sunscreen.) All in all, we had an amazing time together out on the lake-and may have bought out all the aloe to be found in
We unpacked and ate food that was somewhat healthy. (We did have responsible adults there, and when I say that, I do not mean my father, uncles, or older cousins. They were not very interested in being adults and wanted to play in the water. The adults I speak of are the three females over 18-my aunt, cousin-in-law, and stepmother.) The water’s small waves sparkled, beckoning some of us to go out early-too early, as when we fell off the two-person tubes, we froze. We soon stopped trying in favor of the warmth of the rocky island.
In the afternoon, our numbers multiplied as we prepared to go back out onto the lake. A few of my second-cousins came out …show more content…
We were astonished, as we had been using different sunscreens all day-and frequently reapplying. Even the baby, who had slept in the shade, been constantly covered, and continuously sunscreened, was burned. I have rarely burned in my life, but that night I looked like a bloody tomato. (Later, we discovered that most of the sunscreens had expired. Life Lesson: Do Not Use Expired Sunscreen.) All in all, we had an amazing time together out on the lake-and may have bought out all the aloe to be found in