There was Fire in the Dragon's Eye

Living in North Georgia means lots of GREEN most of the year.  It also means a lot of gorgeous fall colors for just a few short weeks in late October and early November.  The farther north you go - the better the views.  I've always wanted to take long drives during this time of year to see more of the beauty Georgia Appalachia has to offer.   This year we checked it off the wish list and made a first overland trip out of the eyes of the dragon.  Twisted winding roads through the mountains that make one of the best scenic drives EVER.  We had visited and even camped in the area before but never with such beauty at each and ever hair pin turn.

This trip we visited at least three state parks, stood on "top of the world" at the highest point in Georgia, crossed the Appalachian Trail in a several places, and saw beautiful vistas in scenic overlook after overlook.  We learned that the smaller two man tent was not nearly big enough or comfortable enough for the two of us - despite how much weight we were losing lately.  So we started thinking about what we might want to camp in our out of on future trips.

Did we want a camper, big or small?  Roof top tent?  Just a bigger tent?  Were we backpacking on these trips?  Did we need to keep it light or could we just day hike and  "car camp" and weight not be such an issue?
These are the questions we pondered as we made plans to attend the Overland Expo EAST in the next few days...