Woodbury WMA

    We drove into the Woodbury wildlife management area, SC, at around 11pm. It was pitch black. Started off getting of a paved road and onto a dirt one. Less than 30 seconds and we come upon a cemetery.  To top it off the past half hour had been driving through thick fog.

      It seemed sketchy at best. After a half hour driving along a dirt road we found a board listing some information about the area. Except why we were there...to camp and hike. We ended up just pulling off of one of the dirt side roads and setting up camp.

     So far today we headed down to the Francis Marion ranger station just a couple hours away from Woodbury WMA. Got some information.

We bought some food..and well a six pack because hey...why not?

     We arrived at the Elmwood campsite within Francis Marion forest. Time to use the grill.

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SC?

     After sleeping on the beach we woke up and started packing up to move on to the next location. We're still in the mood to push South for better weather. Today its in the 70's which is much better than the upper teens just a few days ago.

     Thinking of heading down into South Carolina. Currently Tony is out getting supplies while I sit at the local McD's to use their wifi. It's raining down here and the both of us aren't in the mood to hike.

     Last night we swam in the river and cooked on the open fire. Still have yet to use the portable grill we brought along. The small hiking stoves are just too convenient.

Heres a short video of it about to become a one person adventure...
https://youtu.be/R_PUVH9Mxt4

     Update: well we just finished checking out Fort Macon along with the beach area and nature trail.

Croatan National Forest

The day started off better than the last. Waking up in the 30's instead of the teens was nice.

     We drove out of Shenandoah and looked for another spot to explore. After looking for a few minutes we decided to try out the Croatan National Forest.

     After about 6 hours of driving we finally found a spot...

While looking for the area we kinda got a little lost in the game lands. I will be able to post a video of that when I can use wifi.

Teens

We slid into our tents last night after quickly downing our dinners. It was too cold to sit around. From the few minutes we had the sky looked gorgeous. Little light pollution is a good thing.

Used the new tent for the first time and it ended up working well. Its definitely not meant for cold weather, maybe 35+ with a good sleeping bag. We set up camp with a little sun at 27 degrees. We woke up with the temperature in the upper teens. I thought it was warmer down south?

Plans for the day are to cruise the skyline and check out some local happenings in the park.

Shenandoah

Made our way up to Shenandoah national park today. We entered through the most northern point and started to drive on Skyline Drive.

Just a few miles in and we were left with this view (see picuture below). Now we are looking for a cool camp site.

The bad news is we already have a check engine light come on. What luck.

DC

This time around we will be off to hike/road trip throughout the US. A 2003 Subaru Forester with 179k miles will be our vessel. 

The past couple of weeks have been spent getting everything in order. A part of yesterday was spent frantically running around pulling everything together.

What a better way to start off a national trip than to visit Arlington, VA. We drove down to visit a few of Tonys family members. Grabbed some local food,  had a few drinks, and hungout.

Plans? We have none.

When?  Now with no end date in sight.