Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Fantastic Five defeat the Unreal Housewives of Philadelphia

It was a battle to be sure, total domination of the campground and the Yosemite Valley and its surrounds. The fantastic five had to deflect all sorts of seriously ridiculous crap and maintain a good vibe and great group dynamic, it wasn't easy. I played referee and general peace keeper as best I could. The battle began in the city when the entire group arrived at the hotel and part of them were in a rental van, I took the fantastic five and raced to the campsite for a quick undoing of their evil plan to drive that car around behind me for 2 more days.
Yosemite Falls in Black & White

I gracefully said, "park it and pile in." which did not make them happy as the trip was completely booked so there were 14 people climbing into my van.

The Unreal Housewives were just that. UNREAL. I've never had people ask questions where I had to bite my tongue and resist the urge to say "did you seriously just ask me that?" it was REALLY hard to do that. I also had to remember when I turned away and rolled my eyes or slapped my forehead in exasperation that I'd have to check that the Five weren't standing there watching me do that. Though I'm sure they were doing the same thing.
The unreal housewives, there were 2, had children and husbands so they were a group of 8 altogether. Now, you're wondering why I say 14 people in the van when I've only spoken about 13 so far but the 14th person was playing both sides. He enjoyed the family and their beautiful young daughters quite alot, he also seemed to enjoy the housewives as well, maybe he missed his mama.

The final victory came when 6 of the 8 left early on the morning of the third day. The 5 then had to deal with the Unreals and the player for the rest of the day but they managed alright in the end.
Most of them took off as fast as they could from the drop off point. They were very excited to hear me say "free day in Yosemite Valley" I didn't even see a few of them leave they were that fast!
On the long journey home one of the unreals asked me "if that little trailer thingy was still attached to the van, you know the one I put my bag in this morning?" I wasn't sure if I should just point to the large white trailer being towed behind me or ask her for clarification on the silliest question I'd had so far, I mean, how did she expect all that stuff to get back to San Francisco? Teleport? She walked around the trailer 3 times when I picked her up. Amazing!
Phew!


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