In Eltingville there was a power failure resulting in the entire neighborhood being turned off and if you were going to stay in Bill's basement, it's obvious that you're going to die from the heat and also the darkness, so you and the boys had to go knock on grass, the 5 of you walked aimlessly, so bored you were that you ended up in a small stream nearby

Pete was pulling grass, Bill and Josh were having a rock throwing competition, Jerry was telling the difference between leaves while you were sitting on a big rock staring into nothing.