TRIP TO BEND STORY!!!! (needless to say... I found it)
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We (Rachel, Melissa (R's younger sister) and I) recently (Thursday (Thanksgiving night)) were driven down to Bend by her wonderful father, Dale.  We took the Hood pass because the Santiam pass had 5" of snow already.  Hood had snow too, but not as much.  Dale (R.'s dad) showed us how good he was at driving in the snow w/o traction devices.  We got to R's Aunt and Uncle and cousin's house that is really in Redmond (or is it Tumalo?) at about 11pm. Nothing too exciting happened that night, except when we were finally going to sleep, I felt something...something CRUSTY!!!! AAAAHHHH! I screamed.  Rachel said, "That sounds like an 'I found a bug' scream."  How does she know me so well???? I jumped up and ran into the wall, flipped on the light switch and stared at my sleeping bag.........  I flung my pillow out of the way...THERE WAS A DEAD EARWIG IN MY SLEEPING BAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can I say it any louder using the keyboard????? I wish I could! UGH!
Eventually I was able to lay down inside my bug bag and I even fell asleep.

The next day (Friday) we drove around town (Bend).  Lysa (Rachel's cousin) had to go to the bank.  Rachel took pictures there.  We drove away from the bank.  Rachel took pictures then.  We went to "NEW Old Mill Town".  Rachel took pictures there.  We went to Taco Bell.  Rachel took pictures there. (Rachel's birthday was the 21st and she got a real nice digital camera).  We went to a skate-park...I took a picture there.  Actually everyone tried their hand at getting a good action shot...But I shot the one that Rachel deemed worthy of keeping!!!! We did more driving and took more pictures.  That night Rachel, Lydia (her other cousin (older than Lysa)) and I went to play volleyball with a college group that Lydia does stuff with...Rachel memorized everyone's names and I just, didn't.   There was Amanda, Sarah, Chad, Chris, Jimmy (he came late, as in really late, as in the everyone was leaving kind of late) Marty, Casey, Jessi, Jeff, Oh golly, that's everyone I remember. 

The next morning, Saturday, Lysa woke us up at around 10am, told us that we were having belgium waffles, something else and something else (we were still half asleep) and "oh yah...and it's snowing."   IT WAS SNOWING!!!! WHOW! It kept snowing. The snow stuck.  It kept sticking.  Our plans to go caving were thrown out...which left us with 2 other options... Go bowling with a girl named Hannah and some other folks, or go play capture the flag with some other people. 

I didn't want to go bowling because I heard that Hannah throws lit candles in peoples laps and smears sour cream on peoples arms... bowling balls are heavy and in the wrong hands can be deadly...We went to play capture the flag.

Lydia had to drive us, Rachel Lysa Melissa, and I...her dad drove the truck with Britten,(Brittin? Britton?)(Lydia and Lysa's younger brother).  None of their cars had traction yet (and they live in a snowy area?) so we had to stay close to her dad the whole way.  Lydia drove very carefully, her dad on the other hand...

We got there. Where is there? I'm not sure, but it was near LaPine? It was still snowing. There were More new people here.  There was Jennifer, Derik, Deryl (spelling of names is not my forte), Thomas, Stephen, and Chad...I think that's it besides the parents. 

On our walk to "the field", Rachel and Lydia ganged up on Stephen...I think they already knew each other.  Snowball fight!!!!! Yeah!!!! Oh I LOVED IT! I could have stayed out there for for for....a long time.  I didn't have any boots.   I was warm though...good thing too.  The MEN made a bon-sort-of-fire.  we split up into teams-white tape team, and red tape team.  I was on the white tape team.  We lost.  But I had fun chasing everyone, feeling like my lungs were going to---or already had burst, and only going to jail once.  Know why I had to go to jail... b/c I was chasing Deryl (the younger brother of Derik) and so was Mike (Lysa, Lydia and Britton's dad).  Mike dove into Deryl, I dove into Deryl, got flug off of the dog pile... across the "line"  into enemy territory.  Dun dun dunnnnn.  Got tagged by Chad probably.  Mike saved me...by running through enemy territory and storming the jail, setting Thomas (in jail before me) and me free... too bad he got tagged after that. 

Lydia and Melissa and Rachel wanted to go back to the house...Lysa and I thought that they meant they were leaving to go back home, so I yelled "good bye...thank you for having me" and all that good stuff, Turned to leave, and SPLAT! a big bad snowball...right in the right oblique.  (Spelling?  The muscle on the side of your stomache.) I spun around and Derik yells "Yah!.... Go away!" or something to that manner.  AH? So I yelled back..."OW!"  Showed him!

A few minutes of walking later Lysa and I found out that R. M. and Lydia were just going to the house.  Lysa and I walked back to the "field".  We didn't play but we were there.  Everyone started to leave after about the 3rd game.  Lysa and I were walking behinde Stephen, Chad, Derik, Deryl, Thomas and Jennifer.  Snowballs.  Thomas had driven Jenn, Derik. And Deryl. as far as the road went until the trail started so they got to drive the whole 50 feet back to the house frome the trail.  Deryl was in the passanger seat and had the door open while driving past us (showing off his riding in style) Stephen showed him what was what by throwing a snowball at him... barely missing Deryl but he still got it into the car!!!! HA!

Derik. and Deryl.'s mom and someone elses mom and dad and him and her and they, had made soup, cinnamon rolls, hot dogs, hot chocolate, hot cider.  There was a cake too... it was Thomas's birthday.  Thomas is from Alaska...I think. He was visiting in Portland, drove to Derik. and Deryl's house... they are friends... I think.

The soup was really good... Lysa,Lydia. Melis. and Rach. didn't like it... they thought I was crazy.  But it was crazy good so we're even. 

Lydia's dad, Britton, and us left.  Drove home (to Lydia's house) put on dry clothes and cleaned up our stuff in time for our party.  Lyd. and Lysa planned a party for Rachel.  Nate W. Sara W. Maddy B. Nick B. and Chris B. came.  I hadn't met Maddy or Chris so that was Interesting to say the least. Chris had been in Hawaii and Russia and such for a year or so and had gotten back for some odd reason... I don't know the details. But his hair is about shoulder length and an orangish/ blond/ brown color.... it's the color you get when you bleach black hair.  We played games and Rachel took more pictures.  Rachel's dad made it back to Lydia's house at about 8.30, Rachel Melissa and I left at about 9. 20 or so. Drove. Had to keep Dale awake, meaning we had to stay awake... they dropped me off at home at around 12. I went to bed around 1.  Got up for church at 8.  Was tired.  ZZZZZZZZzzzzzz.  Umm. there's more I could write... I just wont because it's 12.20, and I have to leave for Spanish at CCC at 12.30. 

Thank you for reading , IF you did read it.

EH?