On Friday, September 1st, 2023 I went backpacking. It was with the oldest boys in our scout troop, around 16 to 17 years old. It was so fun because I had never been backpacking before and I got to go with my older brother and his friends who went because they were trying to get Eagle Scout.
We backpacked about 1.25 miles into our campsite in Eno River State Park. It was so funny because some of the older scouts made a mega tent by combining two tents into one and sleeping in it. Also Grant, one of the older scouts, brought steaks to cook over the fire even though everyone else brought bag meals which freeze dried meals like rice and chicken that you pour hot water in and then they become hot meals (mine was really good.) Thomas kept putting the fire out without even trying, and when they were finally done after an hour the steaks were super salty.
That night we had a campfire where I was the head, we had s’mores, told jokes, did skits, told stories, ate even more s’mores, and Thomas kept eating the salty steak. We went to bed, the older boys slept in the mega tent and I got to sleep alone.
We ate more bag meals for breakfast. We packed up and somehow Thomas took the longest to pack up by like half an hour even though he was the only person in a hammock. By the time he finished we had probably aged 3 years. We took a different route hiking back which was about 2.75 miles. It was really hard.
When we got back to the cars we all went to Only Burger for lunch which was amazing! Finally the best part was getting home and falling asleep on the couch.