Camping Extravaganza!

This is my latest Venture. My good friends and I went camping little less then two weeks ago. This was my first time camping with out my family. The best part was that I actually got to go camping two weekends in a row because my family had come up and gone the weekend before.
I had a lot of fun, because it was my first time planning a camping trip. I certainly learned a lot from it and hope that the next trip i plan will go more smoothly. Not that this one did not it was just a lot of small forgotten things.
So we chose to go to Warrior's Path Park in Kingsport, Tn. It was an okay part. If you really enjoying camping like i do then this not really the place. Most of the sites are geared towards RV's and RV's are not real camping! Plus it was not very far back into the woods.
So of course, I can never get to a campsite to set it up before dark, because then what kind of trip would that be. Plus it always fun to watch people try and set up a tent with no lights. You can really learn a lot about a person. hahaha. It was very typical, The girls and I watch the boys be very manly, and set up the tent, go find wood, cut the wood, and start a fire. They were so handy. Very funny though, because I am not sure that the best way to cut wood is with a Machete.
One of the funniest things that happened (which also shows a glitch in my planning) was when dinner Saturday night came around and we realized that no one had signed up to bring hot dogs and we had nothing to eat. Luckily we were far from civilization and we could run to the store and pick some up. Other then that we had a nice fat raccoon that joined us each evening. We named him Melvin. He then beat up some other raccoon on Saturday night which was some first class entertainment.
All in all it was a great weekend. Like I said if you are really into camping and like to be off deep in the woods, Warrior's Path is not the place to go. It's more for people who like to think they are camping. Even though a lot goes into camping it was a really nice relaxing weekend in the great outdoors!