The
next morning we went out hiking and two of the guys that were with us
were getting a little restless because there were no girls there for
them. On our way back from hiking up the river they were making plans
to go into town and see if they could encounter some of those low
self-esteem spring break girls of legend. The only problem there is a
they hadn't brought a car so they were asking if they could use mine.
I was super excited about that idea because they both had woken up
saying they had a headache and the only painkiller that was available
was some Tylenol PM, which if you're unfamiliar with that particular
OTC drug contains a bit of a sedative. They had been fine for the
hour or so we were hiking but when I started to come back they were
looking pretty droopy. They were almost falling asleep walking as
their heads would roll all the way down to their chests and then they
would snap back up and look around kind of confused. When we got back
down toward camp in the asked again if they could borrow my car and I
told him that would be a firm no. They said they were just fine and
they could fight through the effects of the nighttime Tylenol but I
honestly wasn't entirely convinced. Definitely not convinced enough
to loan the my car; my one possession on earth besides my clothes.
They were also not welcome to borrow my clothes. I told them they
should lay down and take a nap for a little while but they said it
was too hot and they wanted to go find some girls. So we compromised,
I agreed to drive them into town and drop them off while we went
grocery shopping and we would pick them up a couple hours later when
they found all the women they needed. We drove into town and dropped
them off as planned but when we came back four hours later after some
rock climbing and grocery shopping they were nowhere to be found.
These were those pre-cellphone times when you got lost it could be a
long-term to permanent thing. They didn't have a ride back to camp,
back home or anywhere. We sat and waited for about 45 min. for them
and it was starting to get late and I was starting to get pissed. I
was driving around in a bit of the cranky snarl when we saw them the
park leaned up against a tree, sleeping it off. I guess in the end
the sedative won and I had been absolutely validated in my assessment
about their driving abilities. We collected them up and put them in
the car and drove back to camp. We woke them up enough to get them
into their beds and they slept the rest the night as per their plan
for wild debauchery. Those were actually the only drugs any of us
took on spring break and it sucked. See kids? Drugs are bad.
