"Man, it feels like I was running at full-speed, while blindfolded, and ran right into a tree!"

This is how Zach describes the pain he is in. He isn't just giving an exaggerated, off-the-wall analogy of how he feels... sadly, this actually happened.

With the annual family camping trip to Lake Fork each year comes the Saturday afternoon of family games. This is my first year in attendance, and I was told the games are rather interesting and/or challenging each year. No breaks in tradition here, because this year's activities were about as interesting as they were challening.

Here's the play-by-play.

1. Blindfold is put on Partner 1 (Zach) by Partner 2 (Rochelle) so Partner 1 is now completely blind.

2. Partner 2 ties 8 ft. rope around waist, and steps up to the line for the relay race. Partner 1 steps up behind Partner 2 in order to hold onto the rope.

3. Rochelle is instructed by Zach to "run straight ahead as fast you can!"

4. Rochelle honors the wishes of her Partner by doing exactly as she is told.

5. Rochelle apparently runs Zach straight into a tree at full force, yeilding a shoulder that's black with bruises, an arm that's bloody with cuts and scratches, and a hand that's swollen and surely broken.

7. Partner 1 feels like poop... Partner 2 insists it's not her fault.