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Virgin Falls backpacking

We left at 8 to go to Bridgestone Firestone wilderness after a Becky biscuit breakfast. Upon arrival, we found that it was closed due to hunting and soon heard gun shots.

So we decided to go to virgin falls.

We hiked 2.5 miles then ate lunch and crawled in a small cave. It took about a hour of downhill hiking to get to the campsite. The bucks had phô and the wolverines had sweet and sour tuna couscous for dinner.  Afterwards we played hide and tag in the reeds. Pocket knives were lost. Then followed the fire ceremony led by Frederick Behaylo and Owen Thompson. After the fire ceremony we went to sleep. The next morning brought a breakfast of oatmeal deluxe.  After packing for about a half mile, we got to virgin falls. We spent about fifteen minutes there, played hacky sack, then headed out. Our motivation was a fast-food stop on the way home. It took us about two and a half hours hike back to the parking lot. We headed out, stopped at hardy’s, then went home.

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Virgin Falls backpacking trip by Leo

This weekend, we went down to Sparta, TN, to go backpacking at Virgin Falls. The ride down there had no problems.Once we arrived, we got on our packs and set off for our campsite. The weather was perfect that day. After a few water breaks, we arrived at our lunch stop, where an amazing waterfall was located. Not too much longer, we got on our packs again and went the last couple miles to our campsite. It was a spacious campsite with a great river view. Shortly after setting up camp, most everyone hiked up to the main waterfall, the cave above it, and Sheep Cave as well. The next day, however, was not as great. We had to eat breakfast and break camp in the rain. The trail, which just happened to be uphill, was very muddy and wet. Some snow made it even worse.Most of us were miserable, wet, cold, and tired as we hiked along. It felt like forever before we finally reached the parking lot to leave. Over all, it was a great trip with great views, such as Laurel Falls and the Caney Fork River.