December 7, 20-15
I had the pleasure of being offered the opportunity of traveling to the Smoky Mountains in North Carolina with the company of my closest brothers. Instantly my fingers started tingling from excitement, The itch to get my hands on a new photo adventure was overloading inside me. After, what seemed like forever, I finally got home and immediately started stacking up the gear I would be taking. All the necessities I might add: whiskey, journal, some cigs, camera, and a beanie. I was ready.
My buddy zoomed in and we jumped straight into packing and hitting the road. The first part of the trip was pretty standard, jammin to whatever song popped up on the radio, while smoking and enjoying the breeze. After a short period we hit up Chapin to meet the next brother to finish the rest of the drive. With the rest of us finally together, the energy was restored and I felt like a little kid on they way to the family winter vacation. After making a quick and goofy stop to collect supplies for the night, we finally rolled up on our camping spot.
First off, it was 11pm and about 25 degrees outside. However this isn't the first rodeo we've been on and preparing for this situation was another walk in the park. By no time at all we were sitting by a fire beginning to de-thaw our toes with drinks in our hand ready to calm down after the drive. Much to our disappointment the tent was frozen over and we had a bigger battle at hand: staying warm. The night may have seemed worse in the situation but there have been worse sleeping arrangements. The next day involved a plethora of photos which are in photo gallery under the "Photography" page and then go to "Smokey The Bear". However, the biggest disappointment to me was finding out I accidentally left my Canon 60D in the truck that I rode in, which happened to be over 3 hours away. It was just me and my trusty iPhone 6s at this point.
Following the mountains we made a stop into Asheville to grab some coffee and finish off with a beer before hitting the road yet again. All in all the weekend was a huge success and despite the cold attack on my body, it was a perfect escape. It would be very therapeutic to camp more often!
Hope everyone else had such a great weekend as well!