For Gil's birthday I surprised him with a weekend camping trip with some friends at the local national park. Turned out to be the worst weekend to camp. He had just come out of the field (having spend a nice out in the cold rain) and then we had a severe weather warning the weekend of our camping trip. We decided to brave it anyways. We ended up not getting any snow just a few sprinkles late at night. It was definitely the coldest weekend we have had all winter. We survived with lots of hot chocolate and a lot of hanging around the camp fire. Our first and only full day turned out to be pretty nice. Nice enough for the guys to do some rock climbing. Most of the weekend, Gil just kept telling me 'Wait till your next birthday!' Even though it was cold, we all had a great time.
