There's that thing that can happen to you when you meet somebody and you don't consider them extraordinary at all and then they do something like play the cello or write amazing poetry or sing and suddenly you look at them completely differently.
Camping is not a date; it's an endurance test. If you can survive camping with someone, you should marry them on the way home.
The cool thing about being best friends is that you can make big plans even if there's only a slim chance in hell that they'll ever happen.