I woke up early, happy that my last night in the Astro had been uninterrupted and stoked that I had such a beautiful view to enjoy after crawling out of bed. The sun was rising over the clear waters of Tahoe and it was serene. After looking out over the water, I got back into…

The wind had died down by the time I woke up very early at around 6am. Not only that, but a couple of mozzies were now buzzing around the van. I tried to go back to sleep since the sun wasn’t properly up yet, but I couldn’t hack the high pitched hum of the mozzies…

We’d set alarms for the morning but we didn’t need them. I was awake early again and got up. Anthony was already stirring in his tent and Dan knew he needed to get on the road early so soon enough we were all up. Anthony packed up in a flash and was ready to leave….

There were a few cars on the nearby road in the night and with each one that passed, I stirred, thinking it might be Rob and his mates. When I looked at the clock and saw 3:30am, I assumed they weren’t going to make it. I didn’t think anything had gone wrong and in any…

We all woke up when we wanted to. By the time Dan and I emerged from the Cabana and had another hot shower, the others were up and about at camp making a huge brekkie. We did the same out the back of the Astro cooking up an omelette which we followed up with some…

The smoke was slightly less intense this morning but still lingered in the air. It had become so common place that we hardly noticed it anymore. Since we had some bananas going off, it was mandatory that I cooked banana pancakes while Dan made us coffee and hot chocolate. Today we planned to repeat the…

I’d dreamt all night about a bright red bike, so much so that when I woke I thought that the new Giant must be the bike for me. The smoke in the forest was thick now and the chairs we’d left outside were covered in a thin layer of ash. This was a lot worse…

Cleo woke me gently this morning, sitting by the edge of the bed and putting one paw up near my face to ask if she could come cuddle. I obliged and the three of us lay in bed a while just snoozing, Cleo with her head buried in my chest. We stayed this way for…

Determined not to have another super lazy start, I floated the idea of a jail workout before breakfast. Dan was in and so we very carefully picked a playlist before getting out of the Cabana. It was cold but there was a sun patch within camp that made everything ok. We had a good little…

Thanks to a bad dream, I was up and out of bed as soon as I woke and left the Cabana to a beautiful view of mist coming through the trees. Dan followed me out and made us a coffee and hot chocolate to take down to the beach for a stroll. It was a…