To preface this story, a co-worker of mine caught me off guard one weekend and asked if I’d like to come to the mountains and go camping with his family and close friends. Not knowing of any plausible excuses or reasons to say “No”, I gladly accepted. Lauren was in town at the time, so I dragged her along for moral support. I was told that we needed to be out my front gate at 5 in the morning to be picked up. We both had no idea what we were getting in to. And so our story begins…