We all know that in 1492, Columbus swindled a queen out of some boats and sailed to America where he quickly wiped out some civilizations. Flash forward to 2011, and look! Another Monday off for us! I almost wish more white people would do more bad things so that I could have more Mondays off.
Last year I started my Columbus initiative, where I pick out some people I think are less fortunate than me and try to swindle them out of their land. Just kidding! But I did do some traveling last year, and continued the (budding) tradition this year.
Last year, my friend and I went to Margate, New Jersey, home of Lucy the Elephant! Lucy is a giant, elephant-shaped building. And it was SO COOL! Check it:
Yeah, I know. You’re way jealous that you haven’t been. Ok, but here were some mistakes we made:
1. We drove the six hours down, and seven hours back in one day. ONE DAY.
That was the only mistake! Aside from that it was a blast. This year I went up to Vermont to stay with a friend from college. But instead of driving three hours up and then three hours home, we had a sleep over. With a blanket fort!
Check that thing out! Using the whale blanket for the front was the obvious choice. Who wouldn’t want a whale guarding their blanket fort?
It was hard to get a photo without my friend in it (this might be the only one). He was really proud of our work.
The idea was to build the fort and then have a Community marathon because a) we think that show is great and b) there’s an episode where they build a school-wide fort and this was our tribute.
See? He had to get in every picture.
Building our blanket fort was a lot of fun, and traveling on Columbus Day weekend is a lot of fun (if you like long drives in traffic (which I don’t particularly (but I love driving so I guess it’s a toss up))). I hope I get to take a mini trip next year, too!
Ok, a few things:
1. That elephant-building is amazing. Correction, Elephant-Building. I believe that needs to be capitalized. Twice.
2. To any doubters out there, I saw the fort in person and it truly was impressive.
Well, maybe that was just a couple things. But they are no less true.
Thanks, Aaron!
I just randomly stumbled on this. First off, awesome. Second, Community = also awesome. Third, what did you tie the red ropes to? Or how is that suspension system working? I’m making my own blanket fort (hence why I found this) so I’m trying to figure out a good system for it. Thanks!
We used yarn to tie every thing together and my friend’s room has exposed pipes all over the ceiling and we used those, ahahaha. Not very safe but super effective!