Chatterbox: Down to Earth

Since it's September 5th and summer is almost officially over, I wanted to make a thread so you can share some of your favorite memories of the summer. :D I had a really, really great summer, and I'm going to miss it, but I still have lots of memories to share. :) Well, I actually didn't do anything all that exciting this summer (like going on vacation or anything like that), but I spent nearly all of my time with friends. As you may or may not know, I live in a rural little area (only a couple minutes from town, but you get the idea), so all summer my brother and I and our friends spent most of the  time hiking and finding new trails in the woods, sitting and talking by the lakes (which are actually small ponds, but we call them lakes), or swimming. It sounds very simple, but as a result I feel like I've gotten a lot closer to my friends over the summer (which is one of the reasons why this summer was so great :)  ). We also had a few sleepovers where we ordered pizza, swam out late in the pool, and then stayed up late and watched scary and/or crazy movies off of Netflix. It was really a lot of fun. :) So, what did everyone else do this summer? Share your memories! :D