camping getaway

This weekend I went camping for this first time ever. For those who know me well, I'm not a huge 'outdoorsy' person, mainly I really just don't like bugs (but who really likes them anyways?) But this time around I decided to put my fears aside and told myself to go outside of my comfort zone and do this. We packed up my car (way too much stuff for one night, but we needed it all!) and headed to Shenandoah National Park.

As my one colleague put it, this was considered "glamping" because we weren't truly in the wilderness as my car was about 2 feet away from our tents, so if something went really wrong such as a bear showing up or a sudden downpour we could have hopped in my car at a moment's notice. However, the weather was gorgeous & after a four hour hiking trip that day, I slept surprisingly well in the tent we had. Despite some small snafu's such as a curious raccoon trying to get into our trash & my car battery dying; I had a great first camping experience and it's definitely something I would do again in the future!

*Also the absolutely gorgeous views from Skyline Drive made it totally worth it too.