More Camping Insights...

After a wonderful two-week stay in our cozy house at Cove Lake, our team packed up our belongings and moved to a beautiful campground in Frozen Head State Park a couple of weeks ago. This was exciting for two reasons, one being that those who have camped before greatly enjoyed what this particular site offered. The second reason being that those who have never camped before were able to get a pretty fantastic first experience. The fact that it rained the majority of our stay at Frozen Head didn’t bother anyone. We still bundled up around the campfire after having made a delicious meal, and we enjoyed others’ company thoroughly. We shared stories with one another, whether they were of our own lives or ghastly ghost stories. Not a single story went unappreciated. Our team shared our camping area with members and volunteers of the Cumberland Trail Conference, which was an excellent way for everyone to get to know each other. We stayed in tents of all shapes and sizes and, with the surrounding sounds of nature, it was nearly impossible to go without a good night’s rest. But, the campground offered us the perfect area for our afternoons of physical training, with soft green grass on a large field that was surrounded by a beautiful forest. At night we were able to catch a glimpse of the white-tailed deer lazily grazing through this very same field. Our camping neighbors were wonderfully amicable and welcoming, as was the campground’s staff. Throughout my life, I have stayed at a fairly vast number of camp grounds. Some of these said campgrounds I can’t see myself visiting again, whereas others I definitely hope to make future visits to. Frozen Head State Park is certainly the latter.

~Mallory