Halloween Party

This has been a great weekend. On firday I got to spend time with Mel and Doug, and then on saturday Amanda and I went to Denton for Alison's annual halloween party. We left lawrence in a caravan of about 6 car at about 6, and before everyone could even get on the road we had broken up. It was that kind of drive down. However, once we got there it was a blast. Every year Alison runs a little late, and may get a bit stressed, but everyone always have a good time. Though it may not live up to her expectations, Alison does a fantastic job. Though, she does have a lot of help from friends.

Anyway, we carved some pumpkin they had prepared before we left for the camp because things were going a little slow. Anyway, Tim would carpool about 5 people up to the trail and tell them they had a "short walk" to the campsite. Well, it wasn't that short. Though, it was a "haunted trail." They had been putting bodies and decoration all over the place. Not to mention one of the people in our group fell behind and "disappeared." Well, she tried too anyway. I kept going back for her, until I figured she didn't want to come with us, only to find her "strung up" near the end of the trail. Other scares included:
*Geoff yelling at people as they walked up to him in the dark, and then following them
*Mary (Tim's mom) setting off fireworks and warning passers by that they "shouldn't be here"
*David with a chainsaw (no blades of course)

It was a lot of fun. The rest of the night we ate, drank, played some games, and talked around the camp fire(s). There was a keg of Woodchick, which pleased me to no end. It rained off and on, which scared some people off, but most of it sat until it stopped. At around one or two in the morning Amanda and I went to sleep. That is to say, she went to sleep and I lay there until I things got quiet and eventually slept myself. It did rain much steadier that night, and I woke up in the morning very cold. Though, when I did get up the fire kept me nice and warm. As people said there goodbye's, the remainder of us took down the decorations and picked up our campsite.

The drive back was long. I drove from Denton to Lawrence, then Lawrence to Olathe, Olathe to the dog hotel (Sam and Max), to home. After that, we ordered dinner and didn't move. I watched tv about the plague and the exorcist until heading to bed. It was great to see everyone and I am looking forward to next year.