Tipi Travails......a nite of camping

Wanted to penn the beautiful nite of camping we did exactly one month back....early october......We selected a lousy weekend (weather wise) to do this... The temperature was predicted to go below 40 degrees..yet we were all on high energy...

we were abt 10 ppl...4 couple and two bachelor guys...and loads of FOOD!!
We had already planned of who should get what. So we had as planned bundled everything with our sleep bag and loaded our car ready to roll.

So everyone assembled into our place and we started on our adventure...it was a beautiful night. We went there by 5 and rented some bycycles and did some robust cycling. Hubby and me huffed and puffed on our poor cycles by all the winding lanes into the hill side.it was the most beautiful sight ever.

Soon we strayed away from others and were far off into the trail towards the park...and it was getting darker and we wanted to watch the sunset so we hurried back to join the group. While coming back there was this stretch which was a downhill slide and wo........did we have fun!! We rolled down to the ground in one whooping whoooooooosh!! This was more spectacular than the roller coaster ride that i most crave!

Joining the group to watch the sunset was a very poignant! Each pulling others legs we had our moments of rhapsody!! It was beautiful!!

Back to the tipi we built the fire and started to assauge our first pangs of hunger....
There were tonns of bhelpuri, paneer-capsicum tikka, lots of rice, bread and other savouries to devor upon! We played lot of games and our friend Vivek sang a very beautiful song...cmmonu baby ....something along those lines! It was very hilarious and funny!

More stories and general gossip! It was lot of fun!

It ceased being fun around midnite when my bones started freezing and i couldt move due to the cold. Though i was wearing layers and layers of clothes i was cold...All i wanted to do was crash for the day. Earlier that day I had been to another place for doing voluntary work and had to come back and cook for our outing! I was so tired...But i couldnt sleep as i was too cold...

I remembered the shava asana(the dead body posture) of my yoga which sathguru simulated for us after doing lot of prelimnery work, I reached that condition in no time that night. My body was ice cold and i felt myself out of it..I was moaning and so uncouncious..Hubby dear got so scared..he tried to warm me the whole night by rubbing my feet and hands but i had no feelings...we were really planning to leave for the car for warmth..but did not want to spoil the fun for the rest who were really enjoying themselves...somehow during the morning i slept for few hours .

Though it was one of my most horrible nights ever...I knew how it felt to be dead!
Morning was glorious and the nights ordeal was gone and forgotten!

We had a nice breakfast of nights leftover....romped around the park and were in general playing for some time...We hit the road back home in the afternoon!!

IT was an unforgettable camping experiece..!!!