Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Blob realized how much Bloop must love the outdoors. He could tell by the look on his face while he was on the boat. He appeared to be right at home on the open water. This gave Blob an idea. Next weekend, he would be heading out on a camping trip. He thought Bloop might want to go with him.

Early Sunday afternoon, as Bloop was finishing his lunch in front of the TV, he heard his doorbell ring. He opened the door and found Blob waiting for him. “I’m going camping next weekend,” Blob said, “I was wondering if you wanted to go along.” “Sure, what do I need?” Bloop asked. “Well, you’ll need a sleeping bag, a tent, some food, clothes, bathroom stuff… Basically everything you need for the weekend away. You’ll also have to drive because I don’t have enough room in my little car,” Blob said. “Okay, I’ll get ready this week. I can’t wait to go!” Bloop said. He closed the door and Blob walked home.

On Friday night, Bloop started to pack. He put a tent, a sleeping bag, a folding chair, and a pillow in the back seat of his car. Then, he grabbed his suitcase from the storage room in the basement and took it upstairs. He packed four changes of clothes and a bathing suit. Next, he went to the bathroom and packed soap, towels, and a toothbrush and toothpaste. He closed up the suitcase and brought it into the garage. He placed it in the trunk of his car. After, he went to the laundry room. He grabbed a basket and took it to the kitchen. He packed food such as cereal, bread for sandwiches, some chips, and of course, marshmallows. He brought the basket to the garage and put it in the trunk. He looked around his garage and found a blue and white cooler. He went to the kitchen and filled it with ice, lunchmeat, and drinks. He placed it in the passenger seat for easy access. As he was shutting the car door, he heard his phone ring. “Hello?” he answered. “Hello, its Blob,” Blob said. “Where are we camping?” Bloop asked.  “At Sunset Campground,” he responded, “It’s just up the road from here. Meet me there tomorrow at 11:00 am. I got a large campsite so we can both put up our tents on it,” Blob said. “Alright then, bye,” Bloop said. “Bye,” Blob said. Bloop hung up. He set his alarm clock and went to bed early so he could be up on time.

The alarm rang at 9:00am. He took a shower, brushed his teeth his extra toothbrush and had a waffle with syrup for breakfast. Bloop got in the car at 10:00 am, knowing it was an hour to get all the way to Sunset Campground. He turned up the music and took off up the road.

Bloop arrived at 10 after 11. Blob honked the horn and Bloop parked beside him. They got out and went into the main building. There was no line up and they were able to check in right away. They went outside and placed the parking paper on the inside of the window of their cars. Blob seemed to know where he was going so Bloop followed him. They stopped at campsite 138 and parked on the right side. Bloop opened his trunk and took out his tent. He set it up in the back left corner of the campsite. Blob set his up next to Bloop’s. Bloop took out his sleeping bag and rolled it out inside his tent. Then he placed his pillow at the opening.

When lunch came around, Blob put a table cloth on the wood table and they carried it to the back middle of the campsite. Bloop prepared a ham sandwich and Blob ate a peanut butter and jam sandwich.

After their lunch was finished they carried their suitcases into their tents. They came back out and Blob said, “How about we go swimming this afternoon.” “Sure, I’ll go get changed,” Bloop said. They went into their tents, changed into their bathing suits and grabbed their towels. When Bloop got out, he found Blob sitting at the table inflating and a large yellow object with a small blue foot pump. “What is that?” Bloop asked. “It’s an inflatable boat,” Blob responded, “I thought we should try it out.”

When Blob finished inflating the boat they dumped theirs towels and Blob’s umbrella inside and they carried it up over their heads. They walked down a path in the trees towards they beach.

They arrived at a sandy beach with a crystal clear lake and a small island in the middle. The skies were blue and the water was calm. It was a perfect day to try out Blob’s boat.

They dumped the towels and the umbrella. Then they carried it out into the water. Bloop decided to ride first. Blob hung off the back and kicked as if he was a motor pushing the boat along. The water was shallow until about ¼ of the way to the island. Then, it dropped of to about Blob’s neck. “Okay, now I’ll push you around,” Bloop said. He helped Blob in the boat and jumped out. He pushed him around in circles and brought him back into shallow water. Then, just because it would be fun, he tipped the boat and Blob got dunked under water. He came up and they were both laughing. “Here let me push you back to shore,” Blob said. Bloop got back in. Instead of pushing him back to shore he pushed the boat around a little and tipped it. “Okay you got your revenge,” Bloop said. “Yea,” Blob responded. They pushed the boat back to shore.

They set up the umbrella and Bloop lied down on his towel. Blob went back into the water and swam around for awhile. When he came back to shore to lie down, Bloop went and swam for the rest of the afternoon.

After awhile they started to feel hungry. They dried off and dumped the towels and the umbrella in the boat. They carried it back to the campsite and set it down on the table. Blob carried the boat over to his car and set it down on top to dry. He opened the trunk and pulled out a small gas powered camping stove. “How does pasta with butter sound?” he asked Bloop. “Good,” he responded. After the night Blob cooked for him before, he couldn’t wait to taste his pasta.

Blob took out his stove over to the table and hooked it up to the gas. Then he went back to the trunk of his car and pulled out a small pot. He went to a water tap down the road and filled it with water.

Blob came back and emptied a pack of pasta into the pot. He put in on the stove and turned it on.

After awhile the pasta was ready. “Bloop, in the trunk of my car there are bowls and forks in a container. Could you grab them please?” Blob asked. Bloop went and picked up the container. He brought it to the table and took out two bowls and two forks. Blob poured pasta into each of their bowls. Then, he went into his cooler and pulled out a stick of butter. They each stuck a fork in the butter and mixed it with their pasta.

Bloop took a large bite. He never knew pasta with butter could taste so good. He only took him a few minutes to finish the bowl. Then he found himself eating another one even though he wasn’t hungry anymore.

Blob packed the dirty dishes and stove into his trunk. He took the boat off his roof and said, “Bloop I’m going to the main building to get some firewood and newspaper.” “Alright,” Bloop said.

Blob came back a few minutes later with two packs of wood and a bundle of newspaper. He started by cutting some wood into smaller pieces with his axe. Then, he made a tipi style fire with the newspaper in the center and the small pieces of wood around it. He lit the fire.

Blob slowly started building up the fire with bigger and bigger pieces of wood. At around nine that night, there was enough coals to start cooking marshmallows. Bloop took them out of his cooler. Blob had marshmallow sticks in his car. They had marshmallow after marshmallow. At the end of the night, Blob went to the tap and got a bucket of water. He poured it on the fire and it all went out.

Bloop went in his tent and zipped it up. He crawled into his sleeping bag and went to sleep.

“Bloop, wake up you’re going to be late!” Blob shouted. Bloop woke up. It was already ten thirty and they had to be off the site by twelve. Bloop got dressed inside his tent. Then he rolled up his sleeping bag, zipped up his suitcase unzipped the door. Blob’s tent was already half down. He put the sleeping bag and pillow in his back seat. He put the suitcase in his trunk.

Bloop tore down his tent and put it in the bag. He threw it in his back seat. “Well, I guess that’s it,” Bloop said, “See you later.” “Bye,” Blob said. They got in their vehicles and drove back home.

An hour later, Bloop pulled up in his driveway. He unpacked his car and went inside to have lunch.