Nothing like enjoying the great outdoors with the views of over looking the mountains, the smell of smoke from a fire burning, and enjoying the good company of friends.
For those of you who have been camping its always a fun time right? For those of you that haven't been camping it's an experience that you must have. Who doesn't love getting to just enjoy whats around you with no cell phone coverage and actually talking to people instead of texting.
My friends and I went camping at virgin falls which is north of Nashville, TN and it was one of the many experiences I've had. I've never been actual camping before so it was fun getting to. We hiked ten miles total there and back within the two days we camped. While hiking to the camp site I experienced the water filtering from a bag and having to get the water from the river. Also, cooking over the fire and setting up for camp.
The scenery of the waterfalls were breath taking and we had so much fun singing, laughing, joking, and taking mother nature all in at once! Definitely recommend going if you have all of the proper equipment for camping. We didn't do the camping with the RV, we did it with hammocks and setting them up wasn't easy. I had a difficult time because I'm short. Everyone helped each other out which was nice. Not being on the phone with service was probably the hardest for me, I won't lie.
Also, make sure you bring bug spray, multiple clothes to change into, and good walking shoes because you just never know what will happen. After setting up camp we all went exploring and hiked some more. Just be prepared to not be able to take a shower for a few days, depending how long you go for.
Once dinner time rolled around the guys set up the fire for cooking which was a whole other experience for me because we had to make our fire naturally (which makes sense). The guys got it going and started cooking and we talked around the fire, told stories, ate, and laughed. The one thing we forgot were SMORE'S! Yes, I know how can one go camping and forget smore's?