A Night in t he Woods

Over the course of 27 hours this past weekend I:
- shuttled 11 different adventure racers (at between 2 and 5 at a time) in my car,
- drove 400 miles through the Catskills in upstate New York,
- went white water tubing down a surprisingly difficult creek in the company of a bunch of drunken college kids, one of whom was standing half-naked, potbellied and very drunk in the middle of the river screaming "ROBERTO, ROBERTO" looking at each passer-by to see if they were Roberto and then saying disappointingly, "you're not Roberto,"
- saved Abby when she was caught in a strainer (which is not like a colander) in the aforementioned creek,
- started what would have been a 6 mile walk with two people wearing bike helmets, bike shoes, soaking wet clothing, hydration packs and carrying kayak paddles,
- scrounged around the woods multiple times in the dark to find anything (sticks, napkins, energy bar boxes) to keep our campfire going,
- loaded 70 bikes on and off trucks many times,
- slept in the back seat of my car for only a total of about 90 minutes,
- made a host of awesome new friends,
- had a total blast,
- the whole time thought "when can I do one of these crazy things"

All in a day (and night's) work for a volunteer at The Longest Day (and Night) Adventure Race.