stoney hike

THis morning I woke up at 3:30. This wasn't that difficult because I've been getting 3-4 hours very frequently. I woke Josh up, he called Ricky, and bam! We were on our way. We already knew that his other friends would probably be smoking on the mountain, so when this was the case, we were not surprised but I was speechless. Going into it I was thinking of the fact that Jesus was all about loving people in the world--prostitutes, tax collectors, etc. However, it was almost overwhelming and I was extremely grateful that Josh spoke up at the beginning and just told them "were not down with smoking." We basically split up on the way up there. Ricky, Josh and I walked ahead and the road was steep, however we got up it quite rapidly. We walked around there a little bit and then finally his friends met up with us, so we split off again and prayed. Then we went up to the top of a rock to watch the sun rise, but the sun took FOREVER! Ricky's friends--the outspoken athletic one named Joe--were smoking their bowls, and it was interesting being in their presence. They were kind of tripping out a little bit and doing their thing, cursing a lot and just imagining things in the sky...but Josh Ricky and I stood behind them just kinda making comments when we could. It was a good, cold, beautiful time and we did have fun...After the sun was well up in the air, we went back to a brilliant rock form called Potato Chip rock, because it is an extremely thing overhang out of a rock. Joe and I sat on it and it was quite the experience! We went down the mountain said our goodbyes and drove home..unfortunately ricky played the mikey show on the way back and it was very shady but he was laughing having a great time. I felt terrible I didn't speak up and get indignant about it, but at the same time he was driving and I didn't want to come across as self righteous and judgmental...anyways, overall it was a good morning