The Forest
The Forest As we pulled up to the labeled campground area that was at the entrance of the forest, we noticed that the appearance of the location was pretty desolate with only one other car being there. We started to wonder if we were in the right place. It looked almost abandoned with an old, rusty swing set that sat only a few feet from the parking lot. I was a little spooked when I saw one of the swings being pushed by the wind. However, our concerns were extinguished when we exited the vehicle and smelled the familiar aroma of a nearby campfire’s scent traveling through the calm breeze. We walked a few steps back to the truck and unloaded our backpacks, tent, and food. We then traveled a few minutes into the woods until we came to a big clearing that was given shade from the blazing hot sun with gigantic oak trees that towered over the friend group like giants among children. Setting up our tent was very hard as none of us knew how to actually accomplish the task. The su...