Concept is simple. Set a timer for 5 minutes and write something based on the following prompt.
Backpacking Trip. You have practical gear. Friend beings random stuff
The straps clap around my waist, clinging their nylon as carefree as a milkmaid singing on a spring day. I should have packed a knife. I should have brought a different bag. I should have brought a different friend.
I glance behind me to Tim, my eager beaver chum, who claims he’s been backpacking more times than Johnny Appleseed. He whistles as he trots along the trail, his flip flops smacking the earth a dull thud with each stride. A sack of marshmallows bounces on the top of his pack, threatening to spill out like soft snow onto the warm dirt. He pulls an umbrella out for his pack, fidgeting with the opening mechanism. Sunny and a 100% chance of the evening ending in a drunken stupor.