What a Diaster!

"Yes! Yes! finally were leaving!" ive been waiting to go hiking ever since my grandpa told me about it. Just me, my brothers, grandparents and the vanderwheels (neighbors). We were gonna drive all the way to New York to go hiking. Hours and hours away. We were all so excited. We got up around 5:30am, got all out hiking gear, and got in the car. Everything was set. I could tell this would be a wonderful experience. We started driving... and ALREADY 2 minutes into the 9 hour drive. My 15 year old brother already forgot something! So we went back. We all ended up falling asleep in the car since it was so early. We watched movies, listened to music, and talked and did everything we could to survive the long 9 hours. I was mostly awake the whole time listening to my ipod. Then, my grandpa said we were here! Marcy damn was the mountain. We had a total of 11 people to bundle all up. We took our gear and got bear proof food containers and headed up the mountain. I wasn't that excited after awhile when going up this mountain took forever. The whole way through we all kept saying, "are we there yet?". It really didn't help when my grandpa said, "not even half way". Its been an hour and were still not at our camping place .yet! My thighs would just burn like firewood! Finally, were here. It took 2 hours just to hike up.
Some people went all the way back down to the car with my grandpa to get the rest of the gear. Meanwhile, me and my brother Josh explored. The lake was just beautiful, along with the view. We all layed out our tents, ate food, and just tried to kill time until they came back.
Four hours later they did. What? Wears the gear? They didn't have anything in their hands!
"Pack it all up" Mr. Vanderwheel said. Everyone was stunned and all said "why" and "what".
They said once they got to the car the police asked them how many people, we had 11 and the maximum amount is 8.
This can not be happening!! We then thought about just moving into groups. It was 10:00pm and they said to move farther or leave. Were gonna leave and head to a different mountain since their being such an.....bossy head. We all bundled our gear... again, and headed down the mountain. It was so dark, we all had flashlights and got a little scared at the noises at night. Frogs.. proably. I was leading the group and wasn't sure where i was going. For a few times i thought i lost the trail! After awhile, few flashlights went out. We were all complaining like hungry birds "This trip cant get any worse!"... to our surprised it did. We heard many noises but this noise was something i haven't heard before, a bear.
It followed us the whole way through the hike. Since we had our gear and was dark, it took 3 hours instead of 2. We all haven't even eaten dinner yet! Mike, wanted pizza. Then everyone els was craving it. As soon as we got to the car the first pizza place we saw was "Mikes pizza". Weird!
After, we found a place to set our tents and slept. The next morning we ate breakfast and it started to rain!
SERIOUSLY!?! We all thought it would stop. We checked the news and the rain won't stop for another 3 days. WE ALL JUST GAVE UP!
Packed...put in car... you get the idea by now right? Hopped in the car and headed back to Pennsylvania. We all laughed at it though, and still do today. But, that trip was just a disaster.

~BRITT