The best camping spot

[Goober]

This past weekend my daughter and I went to the Smoky Mountains to camp....Thought I was talking about Serious Sam didn't y'all.
We stayed at the Cades Cove campground, It was beautiful up there. We had the whole campground to ourselves...Guess no one else was brave enough to endure the cold...5 deg F...(-15C for you overseas folks)...Well we weren't exactly alone. A herd of deer came through and 3 turkeys walked right through our campsite. Didn't want to go home.

[Goober]

Another picture at night

[Goober]

A picture of one of our neighbors

[Goober]

a nearby creek

[Static]

CAMPER!!!!!!! :blink:

wait, is that a sam screenie?

i'm confused ahhhhhhh everything looks like sam..... could this mean i have been playing too much? surely not that can't be it.. right? RIGHT? guys... *voice trembling* *creeps off slowly into the distance*

[TheUltimateWarrior]

Nice pictures!!!

REALLY NICE

we dont have anything that even comes close to that here in The Netherlands :( :bawling:

[Static]

OMG THAT DEER IS GOING FOR THE SD...... KILL IT NOW!!!!!!!!! noooooooooooooooo *creeps of quietly again*

[Dissectional]

Wow, does that look nice. I wouldn't do it though. I am tired of winter already, and I don't like to sleep in my Carharts.

[Goober]

Originally posted by Static@Jan 28 2003, 07:28 AM
OMG THAT DEER IS GOING FOR THE SD...... KILL IT NOW!!!!!!!!! noooooooooooooooo *creeps of quietly again*
Someone really needs to get away from the keyboard

[Goober]

Originally posted by Dissectional@Jan 28 2003, 07:29 AM
Wow, does that look nice. I wouldn't do it though. I am tired of winter already, and I don't like to sleep in my Carharts.
We both had goose down sleeping bags that are rated to -20deg F...kept us nice and warm.

[Dissectional]

Originally posted by Goober DOA+Jan 28 2003, 07:31 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Goober DOA @ Jan 28 2003, 07:31 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Dissectional@Jan 28 2003, 07:29 AM
Wow, does that look nice. &nbsp;I wouldn&#39;t do it though. &nbsp;I am tired of winter already, and I don&#39;t like to sleep in my Carharts.
We both had goose down sleeping bags that are rated to -20deg F...kept us nice and warm. [/b][/quote]
The kind that zip all the way up to your noggin? I could handle that...maybe. Long as I had some whiskey with me&#33; :w00t:

[Pathos]

lol Static.

Goobles now THAT looks like my idea of a bloody good time - curse the aussie summer i say. I LOVE fires (when controlled kids [smacks safety helmet loudly]) but i&#39;m not sure i could camp for any length of time; after 24 hours i would probably, sadly, get bored.

Solution? I guess i could go off and have some kids to bring along.. [offhandedly] :P

Nice pics. Cheers for sharing them.

[Static]

I was right&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; *trembles in fear*

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[Saretta]

Cool pics :)

[Sauron]

cool pics :thumbs:

[Pure_Evil]

Looks nice Goober, spend any time in the catskills? It&#39;s only a 3 hr drive for me. Man nothing like some camping and hiking to clear the mind&#33;

[Sepra]

Wow beautuful pics goober&#33;&#33;&#33; I dont think I could brave the cold either. I dont even like to go outside to start my car&#33;



BTW love your pic too static :rofl:

[Goober]

Originally posted by Pure_Evil@Jan 28 2003, 08:04 AM
Looks nice Goober, spend any time in the catskills? It&#39;s only a 3 hr drive for me. Man nothing like some camping and hiking to clear the mind&#33;
Never been there, is it part of the Appalachian mountain chain? Saw pictures of it, looks beautiful. The smoky&#39;s are less than an hour drive from where I live. When I was younger my friends and I would take a week after christmas and go hike in the back country....Wouldn&#39;t see another person for days.

[Pure_Evil]

Originally posted by Goober DOA+Jan 28 2003, 08:21 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Goober DOA @ Jan 28 2003, 08:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Pure_Evil@Jan 28 2003, 08:04 AM
Looks nice Goober, spend any time in the catskills? It&#39;s only a 3 hr drive for me. Man nothing like some camping and hiking to clear the mind&#33;
Never been there, is it part of the Appalachian mountain chain? Saw pictures of it, looks beautiful. The smoky&#39;s are less than an hour drive from where I live. When I was younger my friends and I would take a week after christmas and go hike in the back country....Wouldn&#39;t see another person for days. [/b][/quote]
No close, not quite. My bad. I thought you were one of the NY guys. Should&#39;ve checked the bio . Ever read Walk in the Woods? Gives some nice descriptions on how cold the smokies are&#33; I&#39;ve hit good chunks of the AT in CT, NH, and Maine. MT Katahdin in Baxter State Park in Main is one of my favorite places.
Here&#39;s a family pick from NH on the Appalachian Trail. Sorry for the poor quality&#33;

[Casanova]

Nice&#33;&#33; :cool:

[OUTLAWS Dixie Chick]

Thanks for sharing the pictures. That is one of my favorite places to go. It&#39;s beautiful there. I&#39;ve done lots of hiking in the area, and there are deer everywhere. It&#39;s a really beautiful place. Hopefully someday I can go camping there as well. :jammin:

[OUTLAWS Ada]

Wow&#33; Fantastic pics Goob&#33; Can I come next time? Can I? Can I? :P

[FUS1ON]

Nice pics Goober :thumbs:

[Nobody]

Great pics Goober :thumbs:

I need to get away from here one day. I&#39;ve never seen mountains, real snow or blue water :blink:

[OUTLAWS Jag]

Great Pics....Thats great that you do things like that with your kids.... I cant wait till my little ones get older so I can do things like that... like salmon fishing in upstate NY. :wootrock:

[LaSH]

Originally posted by Static@Jan 28 2003, 12:44 PM
I was right&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; *trembles in fear*

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:lol: :lol: Dude you just made me laugh so hard i cried. I havent laughed that hard in a long time. :rofl: :bawling: :rofl: :bawling: :rofl: You aint wright bro,no where near it. LOL



Nice pics Goober.Hope to go before winter ends also.

[LaSH]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS Dixie Chick@Jan 28 2003, 02:35 PM
Thanks for sharing the pictures. That is one of my favorite places to go. It&#39;s beautiful there. I&#39;ve done lots of hiking in the area, and there are deer everywhere. It&#39;s a really beautiful place. Hopefully someday I can go camping there as well. :jammin:
Hay Dixie i am going to be on vacation starting March 17. You,Mach,and the little one should come and vist us. We could Lan party one night and Camp the next. You all are more than welcomed to stay with us in the mean time.If your serious about it let us know.Goober could take a few more days off. :rolleyes:

[BlackWolf]

Nice pics GOOB looks like a nice place to camp :)

[Grimmy]

Kewl pic Goober&#33; Looks like ya had fun and had some good scenery. Love the fire, you know, it&#39;s not a fire, unless you can see it from space :jammin: :devil:

[Strider]

goober ur such a camper :rofl: . nice pics man. :jammin:

[OUTLAWS Spike]

Thanks for sharing the pics Goober&#33;&#33;&#33; Looks like you two had fun&#33;&#33; :thumbs:

[SASQUATCH]

Very beautiful Goober and you and your daughter have the same smile and eyes.
God Bless you both.

Say hello to the wife for me and let her know that the cold has numb my toes and they need to be cut off. It’s been cool out here in New York City.

Cheers&#33; :thumbs:

[OUTLAWS Dixie Chick]

Originally posted by LaSH+Jan 28 2003, 11:28 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (LaSH @ Jan 28 2003, 11:28 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--OUTLAWS Dixie Chick@Jan 28 2003, 02:35 PM
Thanks for sharing the pictures. &nbsp;That is one of my favorite places to go. &nbsp;It&#39;s beautiful there. &nbsp;I&#39;ve done lots of hiking in the area, and there are deer everywhere. &nbsp;It&#39;s a really beautiful place. &nbsp;Hopefully someday I can go camping there as well. :jammin:
Hay Dixie i am going to be on vacation starting March 17. You,Mach,and the little one should come and vist us. We could Lan party one night and Camp the next. You all are more than welcomed to stay with us in the mean time.If your serious about it let us know.Goober could take a few more days off. :rolleyes: [/b][/quote]
We love to camp, but we&#39;ve never been camping in March before. That sounds....ummmmm....COLD&#33; Maybe we can hook up in the springtime&#33; :jammin:

[OUTLAWS The Machine]

Cades Cove is a great place. Only about 3 hours from us. Nice pics man&#33;

[Goober]

But Dixie.....you have your pick of the best campsites in the cold of winter.LOL
It wasn&#39;t all that bad....we had a half a rick of firewood, spent most of our free time walking the trails, so we kept warm. We took our oldest daughter camping in Colorado when she was less than a year old. She got the good sleeping bag. Wife and I snuggled real close to keep warm.
Both of my daughters love camping and don&#39;t care what the weather is like as long as they get to go.

Two more pictures in black and white before I go to sleep.

The first one is a view of the mountains that seperate Tennessee and North Carolina....If you crossed them you would be in Dixie and Machines territory.

[Goober]

This one is a time lapse one of the creek below where we camped

[OUTLAWS The Machine]

Sweet pics. :thumbs:

[Death-Dude]

Dirty, stinkin&#39; camper&#33;&#33; :bandhead:

No, that looks great. Anytime you can get away from phones and other sorts of tangled wires, that&#39;s good time. That&#39;s a little cold for me, but it looks great.

[Intense Fury]

Originally posted by Goober DOA@Jan 28 2003, 12:22 PM
This past weekend my daughter and I went to the Smoky Mountains to camp....Thought I was talking about Serious Sam didn&#39;t y&#39;all.
We stayed at the Cades Cove campground, It was beautiful up there. We had the whole campground to ourselves...Guess no one else was brave enough to endure the cold...5 deg F...(-15C for you overseas folks)...Well we weren&#39;t exactly alone. A herd of deer came through and 3 turkeys walked right through our campsite. Didn&#39;t want to go home.
yep i thought u was talkin bought SS

[Intense Fury]

Originally posted by Static@Jan 28 2003, 12:28 PM
OMG THAT DEER IS GOING FOR THE SD...... KILL IT NOW&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; noooooooooooooooo *creeps of quietly again*
Dude you got mental problems...hey but this is natural :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: :bandhead: .... i got a head ache

[OPTIMOOSE]

NICE SPOT - CAMPING RULES&#33; NO SS CAMPING I MEAN.. LOL

[Eric DOA]

Originally posted by Pure_Evil@Jan 28 2003, 08:04 AM
Looks nice Goober, spend any time in the catskills? It&#39;s only a 3 hr drive for me. Man nothing like some camping and hiking to clear the mind&#33;
i live in the catskills :thumbs:

[ME BIGGD01]

thats great goober&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;