Ughhh, I just woke up after one of the worst nights of my life, and my body is aching. Wondering why my Saturday night sucked so bad? Let me start from the beginning:
Emily and I wanted to go on an adventure, but I was too scared of getting caught at Thornwald, so I suggested we go to the Seven Gates of Hell in Hellam. So we drive down to York, have dinner at Sheetz (they have fries!), and then go to Hellam. The first time we drove past the gates, there was a car there, so we just passed and turned around. The second time, there was this huge, like, Suburban sitting there, but Emily talked me into parking anyway, so we pulled up. The people in the car were probably in their early 20s, and they seemed really happy to see us. Haha. We got out all geared up for our hike, with a camera and a huge bottle of water, and decided to venture into the woods. The girls in the car decided to join us while their boyfriends waited behind, and we all started on our little hike.
To be completely honest, I didn't think we were going to go farther than 10 feet, but with three other people, I was feeling pretty confident, so we just started hiking into the woods. The girls told us that two other people went back about 15 minutes before and said they'd yell when they found the second gate, but they hadn't heard anything. Yes, that settled well. But we kept hiking, climbing over all of these tree trunks, rocks, RIVER BANKS. It was quite the adventure. Finally, we found the other couple, and the girls eventually decided to turn around, as well. But Emily and I decided that we would turn around at 8:15, and it was only about 7:55. So we hike for awhile, and get to this really dark, scary part of the forest. And I'm scared shitless. So around 8:10 we just turn around.
So, now, I'm just praying we get back before dark. So I'm walking pretty fast, and poor Emily's sandal breaks and she has to walk barefoot on one foot. And I'm being pretty demanding. Haha. We keep hearing shit, and I seriously want to cry. So we finally make it back to the part where the other girls turned around, so I think we're pretty close. WRONG. We had been hiking over an hour! We still had awhile to go. At one point I stop and pour water all over myself, and I look like I'm in a wet t-shirt contest. We finally get back to this set of 4 tree trunks, and I'm thinking, "How in the hell am I going to get over this?" since I am so exhausted. So it takes me awhile, but I just roll over all of the trunks. Like real ghetto style. Finally, I see headlights, and then a car pulls over. So I'm scared shitless, and so is Emily, but we decide to keep walking a little. Then I see this huge spotlight on me, and I think my life is about to end, but then this guy yells, "Up here!" So I think its the big car of people. So I'm all relieved, and then I hear some voice on a loudspeaker. DNL!!!!! The cops were up there. TWO cars! And we are in trouble...
So basically, I don't even remember really what happened, because I was delirious and had been seeing mirages for the past hour, but we are getting a fine in the mail. At one point, the cop told me to sit in my car to cool off, and I remember sitting down and going to grab my keys and seeing my hands shaking uncontrollably. It was ridiculous. That hike was so horrible. You have no idea. I almost gave up and just slept in the woods. That's how exhausting it was. And now I have to pay for it. A whopping $120. Yippy.
