Noah and I rode up to the Cherokee National Forest in southeast Tennessee on Friday evening. We got to the forest service roads at about 7:30 and it was already after sundown. We rode the dark, winding gravel roads for 2 hours until we found a decent spot to pull off and pitch a tent. We roasted some hotdogs over the campfire and finally crawled into our warm sleeping bags around 11:30. The temperature on the ridge dropped to 23 degrees overnight. We got up in the morning and took our time making breakfast and warming up in the morning sunlight. After packing up camp, we drove deeper into the forest, stopping wherever we saw something interesting. A large rock face in a sweeping bend in the road caught our eyes so I pulled over. We explored the massive rock and found there were a lot of good spots to camp on the creek nearby. We settled on a spot downstream close to some falling water and found that the creek emptied into Parksville Lake. We did some fishing, found some bucked up logs, carried them back to the campsite, split them, built a very nice fire, cleaned up trash that irresponsible people had left behind, cooked some boneless pork ribs, baked potatoes, and s’mores over the fire and had an awesome time down on Indian Creek. ⛰

Correction: Throughout the video I kept referring to Lake Ocoee. The western half of the lake is called Parksville Lake. The eastern half is Lake Ocoee. We camped on Indian Creek which flows into Indian Creek Inlet of Parksville Lake. (The Ocoee River flows through these lakes and continues east) 🎣

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