Once inside the cave, we used the knives to strip the bark off the ends and whittled them swiftly into points, creating hotdog skewers. Quickly, Markesha, Jada, and I roasted all the hot dogs we could find, while Lisa fried hamburgers. Soon, there were piles of hotdogs and hamburgers stacked neatly on brightly colored plastic cafeteria trays.

As I waited for the last hotdog to cook, I swayed a little, feeling the heaviness of my eyes and my body. Wake up, I thought to myself, ...