Camping? and Unitarian Universalism

So this weekend's been pretty interesting. Starting with a drive from Helena to Missoula Friday evening, Kyle, Jeff, and I embarked to attend REI's famous scratch and dent sale Saturday morning. We arrived in Missoula and went to campus to meet friends. Around 1:00 in the morning, after some meet-and-greet, we set out for REI, where we planned to camp in front of. Once there, we set up the tent quickly on the cement and got to sleep. The next morning, we woke up and got some hot chocolate at the nearby Albertson's. By doing this, we lost our place in line to a group of hardcore punk rockers. We weren't going to try to get our spot back from them. The sale itself was not spectacular. Jeff and Kyle both got some boots and I found a sweet mushroom book. Then we searched for a place called Sausage Bill's. Kyle's friend had told him about the store the night before. Apparently, it sold sausages, pipes, and pornographic comics; so, naturally, we had to find this place. We couldn't find it, so we got some food and were leaving Missoula when I saw the sign for it. It's actually called The Joint Connection, and they sell Bill's sausages there. It was a nice store: sausage, toys, pornographic comics (sealed), and pretty pipes. Then we hit up some great record stores and I ended up with some records by Bob Dylan, The Who, MGMT, and Vampire Weekend. Good stuff. Coming home, we picked up a hitchhiker. He was a strapping lad of about 55. He was quiet and did not do harm to us, so it was all good.
Today, I went to the Unitarian Universalist Church here in Helena for the first time. It was actually really nice. The sermon was about flora, fertility, and humility. They addressed human sexuality and population control. It was really surprising seeing how open and liberal this church is compared to my Catholic upbringing. I like the liberal feel of the church; there's no real creed, it's all very open and the people there are all very open and nice. It's worth waking up early and I'll go again next Sunday. That will be my last Sunday in Helena, then back to Idaho Falls for the summer; I can't wait.