We Are Wild

This summer has become one of my most adventurous summers yet. I have traveled further, explored more, and taken the time to open my eyes and enjoy every opportunity to have fun that presents itself. This past weekend could be the most adventurous weekend of my entire summer. It started off one evening hanging out at the park down the street with two of my friends, Luke and Buster. We had a pretty cool set up going on with two slacklines, a hammock, skateboards, and a vespa. There are endless possibilities of fun with all of that in the mix.
The next day came with an early start at 5 am to take my friend Carly out to the beach. She has been training to run a marathon for the past year and that day was a milestone for her. Carly ran the furthest she had ever run going 22 miles. That is such an accomplishment and I'm proud her for pushing her limits and making it the whole way. I peddled along side on my bike for support. 22 is incredible for a run. Way to go Carly.
After that adventure, Luke and I, grabbed our fishing poles and head out to a little reservoir on campus. The fish didn't particularly like the carnitas we brought as bait but we enjoyed snacking on it and taking a little swim in the water. We then went to pick up our friend Riley and drove out to Los Osos. The location of the best burger in the San Luis Area: Sylvester's. We scarfed down our 1/2 lb. burgers that were topped with pineapple, avocado, onion rings, fried eggs, bacon, and the one of a kind Sylvester's sauce.  Fuel for adventure.
A favorite place of mine to go to is a rope swing out in Morro Bay. It's on a hike up Black Hill and is detour that must be taken whenever we're over there. We brought the GoPro's with us for this and were all mounted up flying through the air like tarzan.
After the fun filled adventurous day, we were on such a roll that we knew we couldn't stop. We hiked Bishop's peak that night at 12am to make it to the top for an overnight camp out on the top of the world. We climbed through the fog layer, feeling separated from the world below us. It was just us, a group of friends, at the top, under the stars, enjoying a warm can of beans and staring out at the world. We fell asleep early in the morning to be woken by the sunrise. One, of the most beautiful sunrises, if I must say.
However, That still was not the end to our adventurous weekend. Hopping in the car later that morning, we took road trip down to Ventura to shop at the Patagonia HQ and a new REI that was put in in Oxnard. We shopped at Patagonia first and I don't know why but, I was drawn to the most expensive articles of clothing in the store. Things that were years out of my budget. No less it was nice to try on six hundred dollar jackets.
Our next stop was Riley's aunt and uncle's house. They have a beautiful home on the side of a hill looking out on the town and the ocean. I was in love with the place. They had a trampoline, where Luke and I practiced our flips, and a guest house where we had a heated nerf war. We climbed the family's avocado tree, and enjoyed quesadillas with homemade guacomole (my favorite). The rest stop was perfect nourishment before heading down a few more miles to make more purchases at REI. Riley equipped himself with a new tent and sleeping pad, Luke a water bottle, and I got some nylon webbing to make a new slackline. More tools for adventure.
We made the turn around and head back up north to SLO, with a quick stop for a cheeseburger at In n Out, a California road trip must.
It was a perfect weekend of adventure and fun. Taking all of the opportunities to do these things are wait made it so fun. It was long and I slept like a rock last night after we got back, but every second was enjoyable and so worth it.

Below are two separate links to the video from the weekend. The first is from our new YouTube channel: youtube.com/user/roamcalifornia
We Are Wild (YouTube)

And the second is from our Vimeo Channel: vimeo.com/channels/roamcalifornia
We Are Wild (Vimeo)

They're the same video so check either of them out!

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