Camping Near Crabtree Falls
2009
November
02
We went camping in the George Washington National Forest with our friends a few weekends ago. Several of our friends live in other cities, so we don’t get to see them often unless we plan an event like this. Camping is allowed anywhere in the National Forest, so instead of camping at an established campground, we found a primitive campsite at the end of a dirt road near Lexington, VA.
It rained during the first night, but the inside of our tent stayed dry. For breakfast the next morning, we cooked scrambled eggs, bacon, fake sausage, and coffee on a propane stove. It tasted better than breakfast cooked at home!
After breakfast, we enjoyed the conversation under a tarp while it rained during most of the morning.
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When the rain stopped, we drove around the mountain to the base of Crabtree Falls, the tallest water fall in the United States east of the Mississippi River.
We hiked for two miles, a lot of which was walking up stairs, to the top of the mountain and we talked about video games for almost the entire time.
The waterfall, which is composed of five major cascades, was gorgeous surrounded by the changing leaves. Yellow and orange are two of my favorite colors.
I was thrilled to reach the top of the mountain, despite being eight months pregnant! Overcoming the physical challenge felt great.
When we returned to our camp site, we started a fire and cooked hamburgers, hot dogs, and fake chicken patties for dinner. We also ate pasta salad that I brought from home.
After dinner, we sat around the campfire playing Mafia and scaring ourselves by unidentifiable sounds in the dark woods until we all went to bed.
For breakfast the next morning, we cooked hobo pies over the fire. We made cherry pies, pumpkin pies, and chocolate-banana-marshmallow pies. I ate one of each! We also cooked Jiffy Pop.
This is our campsite just before we packed out gear and drove home.
