Last weekend I went camping with a group of CS and Parkland friends. We did not go far: only a few miles northwest to Mahomet, Illinois. It was close enough that I biked there from campus. The wind whipping across the open cornfields made it a difficult ride, but I turned into the campground just as the other members of the group arrived in their cars.
We quickly set up camp. I assembled my small one-person tent while the others fought with two mansions that Lyndsy and Dave got as wedding gifts.
We relaxed for the rest of the afternoon with several rounds of 500 and a campfire as it got dark.
The frigid night made me glad I packed my cold weather sleeping bag. The next morning we breakfasted on eggs from Zach's family's chickens. We originally planned to spend part of the day at Lake of the Woods, but gathering rain clouds prompted us to break camp early. Fortunately, the rain held off and the wind was at my back for my ride back to Champaign.
Despite cutting the trip short, we all had a great time.
You can find more pictures in Manish and Karin's Facebook albums.