Observer Drift - Corridors

Awesome song. I honestly know very little about this band/guy... Just a great song that reminds me of the beautiful wilderness (trees, mountains, rivers, cabin in the woods, that type of shit). It also makes me want to go camping... something that I started to plan today for the Canada Day Long Weekend. 

Last year was quite a shit show lol. For starters, 5 of us crammed into my small SUV along with all the gear. We were the only vehicle to go up and had to get a good spot for everyone coming up the next day. It was sooo fucking crammed. We tetrised the shit out of the whole vehicle and let's just say I'm glad I drove. We made several stops to grab all our booze and drugs and were finally on the road at like 9pm and it was dark. We were planning to go to Stave Lake but only 1 guy in the car, Supnet, had ever been there before. He figured he knew the way so I printed off a very basic Google map. Turns out Supnet was on shrooms the last time he went up and really had no fucking clue. We got up to basically where the map showed us and started charging it up a gravel road up a hill. Supnet kept saying he thought he recognized certain things like turns and bridges etc. So we kept charging. Problem was we couldn't see any sign of a lake and just kept going up and up and up. We also had to keep stopping to put up signs showing which way to go as there was no cell reception. It's now past midnight and we're still charging. We saw a few random vehicles parked on the side which kept giving us hope that just around the corner would be the epic spot. 

Well that spot never came. Fuck. After a final road that was getting more rocky and tighter as it went along we collectively decided Fuck It and went back to the nearest clearing to make camp for the night. It's now after 1am and instantly Nate and Doug call dibs on passing out in the car, taking up all the room. This leaves me, Nick, and Supnet to set up the tent. I had brought what I thought was a tent... turns out it was only the fly lol. Luckily Nate had a little 2-man which would have to suffice. The 3 of us crammed into it, legs hanging out the door and everything. After a couple bowls we decided to hit the hay when suddenly Supnet jumps up, "Yo did you guys hear that?" Nick and I heard nothing. We all sat silently until we heard scuttling right behind the tent where our heads were. Oh Fuck! We are literally in the middle of nowhere on some fucking mountain supposedly near a lake. We sat still again... heard it again. Supnets like "fuck this shit, I'm out." I tried to reason with him "Dude where are you gonna go? The car is jam packed and you sure as hell ain't hiking outta here. We're safe here so stay put." All 3 of us are freaking the fuck out when I lean back and hear the same ruffling noise when I hit my water bottle. NO WAY!!! That was it the whole time?!??! The 3 of us are howling with laughter and sweet relief. I move the water bottle somewhere else and we try to get back to sleep. 

Then, no more than 5 minutes later, the same fucking noise! This time all 3 of us are freaking out and ready to split. Knowing we really can't go anywhere we draw straws to see who's gonna get out and see what the fuck it is. Nick pokes his head out, barely, and comes back in saying he saw nothing. No help there. At this point I would love to end this story with an epic twist... sadly all that happened was we tried to get back to sleep and only heard the noise once more before passing out. We rationalized that it couldn't have been a bear or anything big, but also nothing small like a squirrel. We figured it was something like a coyote or raccoon. Stupid, I know, but scary as fuck given the circumstances.

The lesson here is to print a better fucking Google map!

The rest of the weekend had some very eventful moments as well... more to come soon.