The day in the life of an overland truckee

So I mentioned that I was camping but I thought I'd try and give a bit more of an idea of a typical day as a passenger on this trip involves

6am - wake up usually covered in sweat/ in the same clothes you have been wearing all week

6.15am pour yourself a cup of tea ( long life milk) - remember how creamy and delicious a nespresso latte tastes. Eat whatever our guide has made for brekkie ( so far French toast , pancakes and scrambled eggs have been on the menu)

6.30 try and look like you know how to dismantle a tent. Cram your belongings together - usually in the pitch black

6.45 help pack everything onto the truck...

7.00 hit the road........

7 - 3 drive, have our very enthusiastic guide Vernon intercoms through spotting wildlife or telling us trivia, eat Pringles, wave at children.

3 - try and pretend I know how to erect a tent.

3-6 some sort of walk/ boat trip / chill out

Evening - our guide and his assistant make us amazing food on the campfire - always delicious - and we sit around the campfire talking through the day.

You do all this with other truckee's - this group are a bit of a mixed bag. We have :-
A lovely Belgian girl called Fanny
A 60 year old Swedish couple called Lara and Maria. I feel for Lars - Maria didn't realise it was a camping trip and she's been bitching about it ever since. Lars had to buy her an air bed.
3 20 year old Australian students. Nice, talk about Aussie rules football at length, very anti Perth
A couple from Australia, 2 Dutch girls, 2 Canadian girls and a nice guy from San Fran.
Dylan - our assistant - a very, very laid back South African. Very peculiar about how you chop vegetables, has a bum crack permanently on display.
Vernon - our very own Tarzan - the über guide. Lovely guy, very considerate, organised, helpful and really enthusiastic about his continent. One word - amazing.
And finally the oddball in the group - a woman who walks with a cane from Canada - she's about 60 - does absolutely nothing to help the group - we have to put her tent up, cook all her food, give her the best spot on the trips etc etc. other people think she's sweet - but I ain't fooled.

I can't help but think it would be a better trip if someone else put the tents up and brought that cup of tea to my door.......