Badin Lake Campground

Badin Lake

Badin Lake campground in the Uwharrie National Forest is a very cool campground. It's only $12/night, it has showers (though the girls' shower was FREEZING, so I'm not sure I can really count that as an amenity), it's on a lake, and the camp host is very friendly. We loved our time there. It is very remote, though, so going anywhere is a journey.

We did travel an hour each way for a dinner out at a barbeque joint in Concord. The Smoke Pit is a cool barbeque restaurant, reasonably priced, huge portions, yummy food. We really loved it there, with G proclaiming that I HAD to blog about it!

Right before we left for barbeque, we ran into a Boy Scout troop having a campout so they can work on the hiking merit badge. They were right across from us, so we even got to witness them waking up and getting moving the following morning. If only we moved as quickly!