Sorry this is short and has no action! Expect Chapter 7 in a few days to a week.
The aging car skidded to a halt on the gravel surface of the campsite parking lot. The kids and Grunkle Stan opened the doors and got out to stretch, yawning, and in Mabel's case, chugging the remainder of the bottle of Mabel-Juice she had saved all the way from Piedmont.
"Okay kids, time to set up camp. Dipper, you get the bags out of the back. Mabel, you start setting up the tents," Grunkle Stan directed.
"Uh, Grunkle Stan, what are you going to do?" asked Dipper.
Grunkle Stan sat on a log and pulled a lukewarm Pitt Cola out of his pocket. "Watch you, of course! Not like there's any TV here."
Dipper and Mabel just sighed and got to work. Dipper had unloaded all but one of the bags and Mabel had set up two tents.
"Grunkle Stan? We only have two tents," Mabel said.
"I must have forgotten one," Grunkle Stan said a little suspiciously.
"Forgot?" Mabel asked.
"Fine, I sold it at a pawn shop," Grunkle Stan said. "Oh yeah, by the way, Dipper, I sold your hat collection for fifteen bucks. Here's your share," Stan said, throwing Dipper a five.
"You've got to be lying!" Dipper said. "The hat I got from Wendy was in there!"
"Alright kid, you got me. I actually sold it for twenty five, here's the rest of your cash." Stan threw another five at Dipper. Dipper just shook his head at the loss of all his favorite hats. Mabel, however, was ecstatic. She knew that with only two tents, somebody would have to buddy up. And she knew for a fact that Dipper wouldn't want to sleep with Grunkle Stan, which left just one option: her.
This is my chance to get close to Dipper!, she thought. Dipper finished unloading and put the bags along the inside walls of the two tents, and began to unroll the sleeping bags.
"All done!" Dipper called from inside the tent. He slowly backed out the tent flap and got up, wiping the dirt off his knees. "Want to get a campfire going?" he asked.
"Okay," Mabel replied, thinking about snuggling up to Dipper in front of the glowing flames. Mabel began to gather wood for the fire while Dipper rummaged around inside the tent to find lighter fluid and matches. He found what he was looking for and returned to the fire ring between the two tents, where Mabel was setting up the logs so that they were suitable for the fire. He saw she was struggling to get the tepee of wood to balance, so he took over while Mabel managed the matches.
