Kinda spur of the moment we decided to go camping. As in it was mentioned on Wednesday evening decided on Thursday and we left Friday at 4:30.
When we go camping I will not go less than 2 days. It is just a waste of time setting all the stuff up to have to break it down the next day. I also wanted to try out a new public campground (which is how we like to camp). I wanted to go to a place called Carolina Hemlocks Recreation area, that is owned by the US National Forestry. It said it was on the South Toe River and had tubing and the pictures looked like it was a fun place to hang.
It had been decided we would go ahead and take 2 vehicles, the van and the truck to hold the wood. I would have like to have left earlier but we didn't leave until 4:30, then we had to stop and get gas, coffee drinks and stop to use the bathroom. We got to Carolina Hemlocks at about 6:30 only to find that it was FULL. So we decided to go to Black Mountain-they were full too! I remember there being some camping spots on the way out to the Blue Ridge Parkway leaving Black Mountain-they were all full too! We got to the BRP and decided we would head to a place we had been to before, Curtis Creek Campground. This is a more primitive campsites with pit toilets that when we were there last time (2 yrs ago) they smelled REALLY bad. We were left with no choice. Even on the way into this campground most of the free campsites were already full. We got to the campground and we looked at some campsites towards the back that were empty, but this family said they were almost done and we can use their spot. We were desperate. We hadn't eaten dinner yet, it was almost 8:30 at this point and the light was going away quickly. We took that spot and quickly tried to set up with the little light we still had. I made us dinner (hamburgers) and husband got the fire going. We ate dinner at 9:30 and sat by the fire. The pit toilet I used did not smell at all! I was surprised. There was no running water in the bathroom and the campground host was no where to be found while we were there. They have 2 water pumps that we found-glad we have a 5 gallon collapsible jug. Here is some of our camping equipment.
This campground is very nice, it is right next to Curtis Creek and every spot can hear the creek. This campground is mostly tent spots though there are a few back in sites for RVs and Trailers-but absolutely no hook ups of any kind. While we were there there was on RV and 1 travel Trailer, 1 Camping van and one Pop Up-the rest were tent peoples like ourselves.
We didn't do a whole lot while there. I had forgotten/ran out of a few things (butter, salt/pepper) and we needed more Ice since most of mine melted because I had to ice warm items (like the powerade and soda) so we ran into town. They had 2 grocery stores that were ones I had never seen before (and I notice grocery stores)-Old Fort is very small and quaint. We also went to Andrew Geyser. Since I had purchased tubes to go into the river at Carolina Hemlocks my son was determined to go tubing and he made his own little course.
All in all we had fun. We spend a lot of time doing nothing but atleast at this campground we didn't end up far from the interstate and store that we needed to go to. It was a little bit warmer during the day since we ended up at a lower elevation (1900ft instead of 2800ft) and yes it makes a difference-but it was still cooler than here. We will most definately go again to this campground especially since it is only $5 a night!
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