Hiking is a great outdoor activity for the whole family. But it is very important to be prepared for this trip. A few friends and I decided to take this trip to the smokey mountains without doing too much planning. We later found out that this was a bad idea.

It is important to have all the information that you can before going. We had a hard time because we were not prepared for the trip. We should have watched the weather closer. And got a map of the camp site.  We walked around for hours in the pouring rain trying to find this camp site.

We got stuck on the trail because the rain turned the trail into a small river. It was bad we set up our tent in the middle of the trail and stayed there for about a half hour. Finally it stopped raining long enough to find our way back down the mountain. So it is very important to watch the weather and to know where your camp site is a head of time. And if you think the weather is going to be bad then don’t go because I don’t want any one else to go though that and to waste the money for the trip.