The picture, perhaps, does not do our bad-ass-ness justice and if you've never backpacked, you probably don't know how hard it is to walk into the woods with everything you need on your back. I got a chance to get out in Pisgah with some girlfriends from Asheville earlier this week. We had some veterans to backpacking and some newbies and could not have had a better time. We did a good bit of hiking in the rain, but it was worth it for the sunset over the Blue Ridge Mountains with mist sliding in and out of the hills. It it so good to get into the woods. There is something both humbling and liberating about nature. The highlights of the trip were certainly:- hiking in the rain for most of one afternoon and the entire hike out
- sharing more than enough info on bowels and birth control over smores
- fetching our own water from a spring
- realizing that at "the point of confusion" we did, in fact, choose the right direction to set up camp
- watching a sunset on the blue ridge mountains
- eating well-earned smores
- meeting Steve, the well-intentioned hiker who Sarah was certain was going to kill us in the night
- seeing our car again after trying to wait it out then finally hiking out in the rain
I am ready to go again. Who's with me???
2 comments:
ya'll are sooo cute, glad the tent positioning worked out and the man didn't attack!
I'd be down with trying it...though, meeting the random guy would freak me out and I'd be the one thinking he'd show back up and attach us in the night. I'd probably want us to take turns keeping watch like the kids did in "Stand By Me"...anyone else remember that movie? haha
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