Middle Earth: Rohan

This past weekend we had a group of 9 travel to Middle Earth from The Lord of the Rings. We visited the filming spot of the capitol of Rohan-Edoras. It was pretty cool to see that in the movie and then in real life. We went and saw that on Saturday, in the rain :/ we finally had a bad weather weekend but we didnt let that hinder us. Friday we left around 330 and got to the campsite area around 530, 6ish. After setting up camp next to a huge lake we all just hung out, explored some, and enjoyed the views. Once it got dark we had some fun with lights and a slow mo camera. This may have been one of the best groups we got together for a trip, we all had a good time. We brought our friend Sharon (an Indian guy) camping for the first time- he loved it! One of the guys tried to fish before it got dark and didnt catch anything. He went out again at night with my suggestion of using a piece of wood as a bobber (he didnt have any) and ended up catching a fresh-water eel. It was pretty cool. My guess is it was about a yard long. That ended up being quite an adventure and led to many talks and jokes later on in the trip.

Later that night all 9 of us crammed into a 3 person tent and played some cards. It was quite cramped, but made it warm and cozy ha. We played for as long as we could handle being all cramped up then slowly everyone drifted off and eventually went to bed in their own tents. The next morning was when we went to Edoras, we didnt stay too long because of the weather though. It was an alright hike either way though. ON our way back to the camp site we stopped at a cafe and some people got some warm drinks while a few of us played pool. After that we returned to camp and split into 3 groups. The other 3 guys went fishing at another lake, 2 girls went to do a hike up a mountain and 3 girls and myself did a long walk around the lake. The walk took quite some time as it was 10.2 km or about 6.5 miles long. We were ot expecting that. My feet were quite sore, though I got some good pics and the weather stayed decent during this time. Once back to camp we relaxed until everyone returned. That night we all hung out again but not as long as everyone was just exhausted.

The next day we packed up and headed home. Overall it was a good weekend and I have a two week mid semester break coming up now. This is a busy school week for me though so its crunch time and time to study and do work. Seeya!!