There are some things which we want to enjoy, some we want to explore and some wanna try... But only very few which you can enjoy, explore and try. Camping is one amount that for me... Seeing the night sky as it is with the absence of man-made light is one of the best feelings than ever...
This is my second camping, the first one I camped at Berijam Lake, Kodaikanal during my school days... It was a camp for four days and three nights at the lakeside... That time we were so much pampered by our teachers and the guide... Everything was set already we just went and enjoyed the stay...
But this time it is with my family, with a 7yr naughty and a 1.5yr toddler... But here I got Mahesh(my pillar) to support... It is difficult to compare both the camping, because both of them are totally different by location and peer group... So let me share Only about this here...
The duration of this camping is two days and one night... This is also a well-planned one but..."Only for food... ;)"
We are a group of 6 families and 4 bachelor friends, as a total of 7 tents.., Everything was planned before 2days of camping... Got tent, marinated chickens, and panner for grilling in the campfire... Made chappati's and rice... And of course, brought too many junks too...
On the first day of camping, We(my family) started earlier by packing all the food for two days... That was the last week of summer so every place is full of crowds.
First, my plan was to visit seven tub falls on the way and joining with other friends in Lake Jean, then after a trial, we need to go to the camping area and the next day morning we planned for boating...
But because of the crowd in most of the spot and Covid-19 restriction, seven tub parking is full so we didn't visit seven tubs and we directly went to lake jean. Do you believe, Even in the US there are places with "No Network Coverage", Lake Jean is one among those... ( I didn't before visiting this place) And here Lake Jean parking is full and we can't communicate with my friend, so drive the car along the same road and parked on the roadside after a mile, and we waited for them (Waiting here for my friend who started earlier with me).
They reached in ten mins, Both of our families thought to finish our lunch first(food is first ;), Others next )...
After lunch, we started our car to the camping area, but luckily Jean lake parking lot was open... So we went inside and wait for other friends to join us... But they didn't...
So we taught to start our trails, there are 21 falls on the trail... The total trail distance is 3.5 miles, but we just choose an easy trail and visited a few falls, and came back... Simply starring the water fall is refreshing the mind and the soul... i love to sit ideal near the waterfall for a long time... After the trails, we communicated with other families on the way to the camping area.
Our other friends didn't reach the trail as the parking is full, so they went to the camping spot and set their tent, and went for a walk in a nearby lake. After trial, we join them in that lake and then reached the camping area to set our tent,
By the time I'm setting my tent, everybody else started the campfire and grilling... It was fun to grill the chicken in the campfire and having them. Seeing the bright stars and biggest moon during the late-night is something amazing at the campsite... Everyone must enjoy it once in a while...
Since we are a group of 16 adults, It is fun to chit-chat in the campfire, If u sit in front it is too hot.. but when u move back it is so chill... Here managing toddlers was also not an easy task, but both my elder and younger one enjoyed lot in the camp with his friends...
Since we traveled in our car and the camping area is car accessible, so we packed almost half the house... It is very easy to feed them... Ultimate was I boiled the milk in the campfire for my younger one along with the chickens... At night the temperature is around 6°C, but we were in warm clothes and carried blankets along with us... Somehow we managed it...
The morning is so pleasant to see and we finished our breakfast at the campsite, took group photos and played games... Finally, wind-up the tents and back home around 2pm... Waiting for the next summer to plan the next camping...
