DAY 1: Sunday
Josh had moved to a new city shortly after he graduated from college for the obvious reason be being offered a job. Looking to stay in shape and meet some people he started playing basketball at local gym after being told by a client about a regular pick up game. It wasn't a very competitive group, more just a group of guys who enjoyed playing and needed the exercise. Josh became friends with Henry, the man who organized the games.
Josh had been playing for around a year when Henry invited him to go camping with him and his family, plus some family friends. Henry was married to a beautiful woman named Susan, and together they had a couple of kids. The first year Josh went with them the kids and their friends who also came along, were all in High School. Josh had a great time playing cards, hiking, and fishing with everybody.
Josh had not gone on the annual camping since that first time, as things at work became busier and schedules didn't match up. He had gotten a promotion at work, which allowed him less spare time, which allowed him less time to play basketball. In turn, he had seen Henry and his family less than he would have liked.
One day was able to make it out to the gym and afterward while catching up, Henry mentioned the camping trip. The next day Josh checked the dates, saw he would be able to come, and called Henry to reserve his spot.
Going on the trip would be Henry, his wife Susan, their twenty-one year old son Doug, and 18yr old daughter Kathleen. Also, Kathleen's longtime friend Samantha and Doug's best friend Justin were coming, plus a new friend of Susan's named Annie. It had been three years since Josh had attended the trip. Back then Kathleen was only a sophomore in High School and Samantha was a Senior. Now Kathleen was getting ready to start college.
On the day they were set to leave, Josh pulled into Henry's driveway. Henry and Susan were loading up the Suburban and Doug and Justin were loading the camping supplies into the back of Doug's pick-up.
"Take your stuff over to the guys they have room in the truck," yelled Henry when he saw Josh get out of his car.
Susan came over and gave Josh a hug, "It's good to see you again. If you're hungry there is some food in the kitchen if the girls haven't put it away. If they have, make them make you something."
Josh brought his bags to Doug and Justin, "Do you know which car I am going up in?" Josh asked. "I want to throw my backpack in there".
"Hope you don't mind, but you're with the kids," said Henry as he walked over to make sure everything was being packed properly. Josh didn't mind, even though he considered Henry a friend, he did not consider himself an "old person", meaning he was not married and did not have any children of his own. Riding with the kids would be fun.
Josh walked into the house. As he entered the kitchen he saw Kathleen and Samantha. Josh remembered Samantha had been an athlete throughout high school playing a variety of sports. Since graduation she had not lost any of the tone to her body. Her brown hair was highlighted with some blonde and was shoulder length and straight, tied into a little ponytail.
"Hey Josh," said Samantha smiling. She came over and gave him a hug. She had always been the most outgoing and friendly of her friends.
Josh then looked and saw Kathleen. The last time he had seen her she was a cute skinny girl starting high school. Now he saw she had grown up. Her dark-brown hair was straightened and long, falling to her mid-back. She was still really slim, but she still had plenty of curves with long legs, which were really on display with the short-shorts she was wearing. She also had on a tank-top which showed that while her breasts had not become large at all they had rounded into a real nice small b cup Josh was really shocked how beautiful she had become and had to stop himself from staring.
"Hey Kathleen, its been a long time. Good to see you." Kathleen walked over and awkwardly gave Josh a hug.
"I'm so glad you could come. We were scared it was going to be really boring, just my parents and us. The guys are going home early because Doug has to work," said Kathleen.
"So Sarah isn't coming?" asked Josh. Sarah was Kathleen's best friend and every time Josh saw Kathleen and Samantha, Sarah was there also.
"Nah, she has jury-duty. But if she gets released early she may come up Tuesday or Wednesday,"
Josh grabbed a small sandwich and made his way outside again. Everything looked loaded into the cars.
"Josh is that you? If so come over here," called Susan, "I want you to meet my friend Annie." Josh walked over to where Susan was. "This is Annie; she was in the horticulture class I took last semester."
Annie was blonde, about average height, and wearing a sundress that showed her to have a great tanned body, with nice legs, and huge breasts with plenty of cleavage showing.
"It's great to meet you," said Josh, giving Henry a look. Henry always had joked about Josh needing a wife, and it looked like he and Susan were using the camping trip as a set-up. "Are you riding with the kids also?" Josh inquired of Annie.
"No, I'll let you catch up with the kids; I don't know them at all. Susan and I haven't talked in a couple of weeks and need to catch up. Hopefully Henry won't mind all the girl talk," replied Annie giving Josh a smile as she got into the backseat of Doug's F-150.
Josh went over to the Suburban. Doug was driving and Justine was in the shot-gun seat. Samantha was lying down over the bench in the second row. Kathleen was sitting alone in the back bench.
"You're in the back with Kathleen," said Samantha. "I worked late last night and want to sleep."
"You're going to roll off when we start going up the mountains", said Doug flatly. Doug had always been a quiet guy, but a nice one. Justin was more out-going, especially around girls, though he always treated Kathleen and her friends like they were his little sisters.
"So it looks like Henry and Susan brought along a lady for you," said Justin. "She looks pretty good from here."
Josh climbed in the backseat with Kathleen. There were so much luggage that Kathleen was sitting in the middle of the seat because there was a suitcase on the left side. Josh squeezed in next to Kathleen. The ride up was uneventful. It winded on a one-lane highway for about two hours, but since everybody had been up here a couple of times nobody was nervous. After an hour in the car Kathleen fell asleep and ended up resting her head on Josh's shoulder. Josh didn't mind at all having a beautiful eighteen year old girl sitting so close to him as he read and listened to his ipod.
When they arrived they set up camp. There were three tents, one for Henry and Susan, one for the guys, and one for the girls. Henry was setting up his supplies and Susan and Annie started getting out food for dinner. The kids were sitting around. Josh noticed there was no fire wood.
"I'm gonna go look for fire wood, anybody want to come with me?" he called out.
"I will," replied Kathleen. Josh and Kathleen went walking around looking for wood. They didn't find any real close to the camp so they had to hike a couple minutes out.
