Synchronous Fireflies Camping in Elkmont Campground Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2021

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  • čas přidán 1. 06. 2021
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Komentáře • 241

  • @Marilyn-KY
    @Marilyn-KY Před 3 lety +4

    That was great. I always enjoy seeing the adventures of Will, Dawn, Mindy and Chris together.

  • @mountainsolitude1336
    @mountainsolitude1336 Před 3 lety +11

    More like this, please!

  • @joeblack8345
    @joeblack8345 Před 3 lety +2

    Nothing like friends having a great time together! Keep it up!

  • @smokymountainman4964
    @smokymountainman4964 Před 3 lety +6

    Thanks so much for sharing the beauty of God's creation with all of us. God bless you both. 🙂

  • @sandypetro8907
    @sandypetro8907 Před 3 lety +2

    I enjoyed watching this camping adventure. And always enjoy seeing you 4 together. You all would be a blast to hang out with. Thank you for your adventures. 😊

  • @PTAdventures86
    @PTAdventures86 Před 3 lety +5

    Looks very peaceful and perfect for some time to enjoy nature! You all will have a great time. Thanks for sharing with us!

  • @tenaratliff9230
    @tenaratliff9230 Před 3 lety +2

    Now I gotta try roasted Rice Krispy treats, sounds delicious
    Y’all could’ve roasted the weenies for the hot dogs
    I’d been thinking it should be time for y’all to see the fireflies, I was waiting for ur video ☺️
    Thanks for sharing them with us
    Thanks for sharing the setup too
    I’m really glad y’all didn’t get a visit from a bear 🐻

  • @daxsenlea
    @daxsenlea Před 3 lety +2

    I remember seeing so many fireflies growing up nowadays we see maybe a few every year. We sure had fun running around in the evening chasing them. Dawn, I would be the one to drop my treat as well hehe

  • @sheilawillis490
    @sheilawillis490 Před 3 lety +1

    Looked like alot of fun....campfire, camping and good friends...the good life!!😊

  • @auntgracie4826
    @auntgracie4826 Před 3 lety +5

    I enjoy camping. Everyone has their own system. That’s what makes it great. There’s no right or wrong way to camp. Thank you for sharing your setup!

  • @sandib9152
    @sandib9152 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video. Thanks for sharing and now I want to try roasted rice Krispy treat.. lol..

  • @peterkober6758
    @peterkober6758 Před 3 lety +3

    Will Dawn another good time always enjoy be with you thanks for taking us along
    God Bless All
    PaK

  • @nayd1937
    @nayd1937 Před 3 lety +1

    Love Chris's tshirt
    Would love to do that to see fireflies but too old to tent camp❤ fun, fun!!

  • @lesliejames6870
    @lesliejames6870 Před 3 lety +1

    That was great fun. What a great couple of friends Chris and Mendy are to you.!! I really enjoy tthat. God Speed to you young kids!

  • @deatra-happypagirl4063
    @deatra-happypagirl4063 Před 3 lety +1

    What a great time. Thanks again for sharing.

  • @cherylmikell899
    @cherylmikell899 Před 3 lety +2

    What a great vlog for someone who has never camped before. 👍👍

  • @nadiazahroon6573
    @nadiazahroon6573 Před 3 lety +1

    So beautiful. I would love one day to go 🏕 camping.

  • @taradalmatianshaver6828
    @taradalmatianshaver6828 Před 3 lety +7

    Glad you all had a wonderful time! It is fun getting together with your friends over campfire cooking and a campfire!! The Dr. Pepper beans sound interesting!

  • @patriciamcguire9958
    @patriciamcguire9958 Před 3 lety +2

    Roasted rice crispy treats. Will have to try this. We take sugar cones, add chocolate chips and mini marshmallows I layers. Wrap in foil toss in fire for around 3 min and eat. You can make them at home, if you don't want to do them at camp sight.

  • @jennifermyers9472
    @jennifermyers9472 Před 3 lety +1

    We used to tent camp all the time, even when our kiddos came along. Now in our 60's too many little aches and pains to do tent camping, so we rent cabins. But those precious memories!

  • @aliciaburchell3012
    @aliciaburchell3012 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Awe this brings back family vacation memories and makes me wanna camp!! Your meal looks scrumptious! Nothing like campfire food! Love you guys. Note: I will only camp in the fall or winter...best nights sleep and less chance for unwanted critters and bugs❤❤❤ Shouldve gone with Bush's country style beans❤❤❤

  • @garylipsey3552
    @garylipsey3552 Před 3 lety +1

    Looks like you had a fun time camping and seeing the fireflies. They did show up on your video.. Enjoyed watching your adventure. Thanks for sharing.

  • @thecurtisfamily3810
    @thecurtisfamily3810 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video. Getting caught up in all the fun your having.

  • @-TammyJean-
    @-TammyJean- Před 3 lety +4

    I sure enjoyed this camping video! So peaceful and I bet that firefly show was amazing 🏕 🔥 ⛰

  • @psalm6273
    @psalm6273 Před 3 lety +3

    Awesome video! Great group of friends....thanks for showing the synchronous fireflies! My son recently went on a camping trip and said they roasted marshmallows and used fudge stripe cookies instead of graham crackers and chocolate.

  • @bluebutterfly841
    @bluebutterfly841 Před 3 lety +3

    🤣😩 Dawn faces 🤓😂
    Hope y’all enjoyed your day & evening with friends. Looked fun.

  • @bertadelaudebri7179
    @bertadelaudebri7179 Před 3 lety

    The joys of camping; and you guys obviously had a great time with friends. Thanks for sharing!

  • @caroltumey6800
    @caroltumey6800 Před 3 lety +1

    I love camping! I don't do it much anymore. That looks like a nice campsite.

  • @tarafreeland7610
    @tarafreeland7610 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice area for 🏕 Goodnight to hang out with friends too! Could see fireflies little bit, look neon greenish in their dancing.. Still pretty!

  • @daxsenlea
    @daxsenlea Před 3 lety +1

    Dawn, you are so right about the hands in the chip bag. Be safe y'all!! ⛺

  • @rebeccabeatty9919
    @rebeccabeatty9919 Před 3 lety +1

    Looks like fun. We are in town this week and leaving Friday. Would like to do this another time.

  • @southerngrits
    @southerngrits Před 3 lety +1

    Glad y'all had a fun time . Never camp there before . We us to camp at Smoke mount. When I was a kid .

  • @nancyedwards5048
    @nancyedwards5048 Před 3 lety +7

    Looks like y'all had a wonderful time together. Love seeing the four of you together.

  • @AmyQ97
    @AmyQ97 Před 3 lety +1

    You guys are so lucky! Thank you for sharing with us!!! ❤️

  • @williamengland6119
    @williamengland6119 Před 3 lety +3

    Great video, looked fun. There is nothing like the great outdoors and the Smoky Mountains. Glad you all had a great time. William

  • @theonewhomjesusloves7360
    @theonewhomjesusloves7360 Před 3 lety +1

    If you put a piece of foil over the burgers while they cooked it would have helped them cook faster. Good to see you all together again, its been too long

  • @kaydee4296
    @kaydee4296 Před 3 lety +2

    I LOVE those dr pepper baked beans!!!!

  • @Lantanna
    @Lantanna Před 3 lety

    Used to camp alot. Glad you had a great time.. Hugs to you both..

  • @LauraOnTheMove
    @LauraOnTheMove Před 3 lety +4

    I'm so excited that you two were able to see the fireflies! I missed it by two weeks and this makes me even more excited. looks like a great time. Love the camping snacks!

  • @LivingLikeLarry
    @LivingLikeLarry Před 3 lety +2

    That was a great video. Looked like such a fun time with good friends. Would love to see more camping videos, it was really great.

  • @thaitravels5871
    @thaitravels5871 Před 3 lety +1

    What a fun camping trip…enjoyed the video😀

  • @tammull8061
    @tammull8061 Před 3 lety +1

    Looks like you guys had so much fun, thanks for taking us along. I have seen the fireflies and it is an amazing experience.

  • @patriciamcguire9958
    @patriciamcguire9958 Před 3 lety +1

    Another great video. Thanks for making it. The Colman grills are great. But can't beat an open fire cook. Heading your way Friday.

  • @gumshoe5365
    @gumshoe5365 Před 3 lety +2

    How fun.

  • @cristinafrank1885
    @cristinafrank1885 Před 3 lety +1

    You guys had a blast!! That’s how you do camping!! Looked like a fun time and a nice way to end the night by seeing the fireflies 😀

  • @moodypet8837
    @moodypet8837 Před 2 lety

    Love the Snoopy plates and napkins.

  • @kendrasmith6637
    @kendrasmith6637 Před rokem

    Fun to watch. Your meal cooked on grill looked yum. Loved the fireflies 😊 thx

  • @bobanddebbietx2108
    @bobanddebbietx2108 Před 3 lety +1

    We enjoyed camping with you guys!

  • @TerraLynn-nk9eq
    @TerraLynn-nk9eq Před 3 lety +1

    So I never grilled corn before! You guys inspired me, I tried it this weekend and loved it!!

  • @charmingcharlie8564
    @charmingcharlie8564 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you guys for another awesome video! Wished we could have came down early to see the Fireflies! Be safe!

  • @claudiekyger6806
    @claudiekyger6806 Před 3 lety +1

    That was a good fun trip to Elkmont. Looks like you had loads of fun

  • @annemariedaniel8469
    @annemariedaniel8469 Před 3 lety +1

    Hilarious! We were on the neighboring site and I had no idea!!

  • @jamilee4636
    @jamilee4636 Před 3 lety +1

    My friend and I packed a screen house and tent and everything we needed for a week into a Chevy geo lol We camped at Waldens Creek Campground that has been around 15 yrs ago our screen house was identical to yours it was screened all around

  • @outside926
    @outside926 Před 3 lety +2

    Nice video. Makes me want to go camping now.

  • @dawnbenchley7237
    @dawnbenchley7237 Před 3 lety +1

    What a great time! You guys had a lot of fun. Love the fireflies.

  • @wmotjazz89
    @wmotjazz89 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for sharing! I also put a cot in my tent as well. We also get a cottage at Little Arrow Campground in Townsend too in the fall.

  • @christineschwartz8269
    @christineschwartz8269 Před 3 lety +2

    Awesome,,, that looked fun.. for awhile I didn't know if it was supposed to be about a ghosts or fireflies. 😉,, lol.. I just got done telling my son that the rice crispy treats would be good dipped in chocolate, then you said the same thing, Will.. 😊... Thank you for sharing.💞

  • @dynamite-zh2sm
    @dynamite-zh2sm Před 2 lety +1

    Love your videos. Camping is so relaxing but setting and packing up can be a chore

  • @BKvidz
    @BKvidz Před 3 lety +3

    Love your channel and y’all are great keep up the great work!

  • @SouthernGospelLady
    @SouthernGospelLady Před 3 lety +1

    I love camping videos. More of these please!

  • @CoffeyOutdoors
    @CoffeyOutdoors Před 3 lety +2

    we got to see the fireflies 2 years ago it was an awesome time

  • @jackiebrooks526
    @jackiebrooks526 Před 3 lety +1

    What a great time! Would love to see the fireflies someday!

  • @patkennard9234
    @patkennard9234 Před 3 lety +1

    Fun video. At Congaree National Park in Columbia, SC we have the fireflies as well

  • @sandrad2261
    @sandrad2261 Před 3 lety +3

    I camped with my parents and siblings growing up. Nowadays the best camping I do is in a hotel.

  • @amanda_k1981
    @amanda_k1981 Před 3 lety +1

    Looks like you had a great time!

  • @myrarobinsonbivins7506
    @myrarobinsonbivins7506 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this video it was absolutely beautiful and I use to catch fireflies when mom and dad and me had land and but I let them go and dance with them we had this huge yard. This brings back memories for me thank you guys for doing this it made me smile. ❤️

  • @lacrossed55
    @lacrossed55 Před 3 lety +3

    This was fun guys. You two doing travel with a hard sided travel trailer would be fun.even if only a couple times a year.

  • @elizabethmayberrysilk8788

    Looks you guys had fun evening.

  • @pinksparklystyle9745
    @pinksparklystyle9745 Před rokem

    Please do more group camping 🏕️ videos. I don’t camp but it looks sooo fun!!!!

  • @joyceobeys6818
    @joyceobeys6818 Před 2 lety +2

    We had lightening bugs that lit up to the songs by captain n tennille songs, mostly the song muskrat love up in Michigan when we lived there.

  • @OurHomeOurLife812
    @OurHomeOurLife812 Před 3 lety +1

    Loved this! Great video and always enjoy your adventures with Chris and Mindy.

  • @deba175
    @deba175 Před 3 lety +1

    looks like fun and pretty scenery but that’s a lot of work for 1 night of camping

  • @robertanddonnagordon
    @robertanddonnagordon Před 3 lety +2

    Great video, we call them lightnin bugs here in West Tennessee

  • @cathyratliff398
    @cathyratliff398 Před 3 lety +1

    Looked like lots of fun so glad you all enjoyed yourselves, fireflies are so pretty to watch, the campsite was really nice I really enjoyed the video 👍

  • @phpatti1134
    @phpatti1134 Před 3 lety +1

    Love this! Love Fireflies too..Great video.❤🏕

  • @KatRoyalOfficial
    @KatRoyalOfficial Před 3 lety +4

    Kingsford pronounced “Kingsferd” here in the South. Never knew it was pronounced differently elsewhere.

  • @mustang16red87
    @mustang16red87 Před 3 lety +5

    Watch out for bears! Park Jeep Closer!😂

  • @DianaLynne-27
    @DianaLynne-27 Před 3 lety

    Great video and loved seeing you and your friends. Thanks for sharing!👍❤️

  • @shirleymack8651
    @shirleymack8651 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video. What a great time you all had.

  • @joejeffers2406
    @joejeffers2406 Před 3 lety

    Looks like a good camping trip you could see the synchronous fireflies but not real well thanks for taking us along hope you guys had a blast

  • @lisaneptune-baker8790
    @lisaneptune-baker8790 Před 3 lety +1

    Chris had me laughing when he slammed the door.

  • @barbaramckinley7524
    @barbaramckinley7524 Před rokem

    Camped their 28 times and I loved this campground

  • @TellMeAboutYourDog
    @TellMeAboutYourDog Před 3 lety +1

    We got to go to that a few years ago. It was so much fun! 🌸

  • @davidearley7847
    @davidearley7847 Před 3 lety

    Great video. I have always loved watching and catching lightning bugs or fireflies as some call them. Interesting tidbit. This year up here in southern Indiana I tool my gf and her kids to this place I had found by the river that had thousands of fireflies. They were putting on a show like I've never seen them do all my life here in s Indiana and s Illinois. It was like a disco light show. I've never seen the ones in the smokies so I can't compare. I had always heard those were only in the smokies but I think that has been found to not be true. I just know I've never seen that in all my 55 years of lightning bug watching up here. Even in my younger years when I used to see areas with lots more of them, they never twinkled like that.

  • @janicenichols7271
    @janicenichols7271 Před 2 lety

    I love your videos...You and Dawn always enjoy yourselves so much...Looks like you have so much fun wherever you go...I've always loved the mountainous regions through the States...I've briefly been through the Smokies on our way to Florida...I've spent more time in the White Mountains in New Hampshire and Green Mountains in New England...They are all so beautiful to drive and explore through...I really want to go to Gatlinburg and DollyWood from watching your videos...I'll continue to enjoy your videos...Hugs from Canada 🇨🇦

  • @sandramorgan2017
    @sandramorgan2017 Před měsícem

    Very cool!😊

  • @SilverWolfAdventures
    @SilverWolfAdventures Před 3 lety

    Great video! Looks like you all had a great time together. Thanks for sharing the experience.

  • @betsyross1621
    @betsyross1621 Před 3 lety +10

    Love your vids. I noticed others popping up trying to copy you but you are the best. The originals!

  • @kimberleesmith5660
    @kimberleesmith5660 Před 3 lety +1

    This is on my bucket list

  • @kimwhite6256
    @kimwhite6256 Před 3 lety +1

    That looked like so much fun!

  • @tabithaa173
    @tabithaa173 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video! My family & I love the Smokey Mountains as well and have visited for years. We love watching your videos! Your videos give us great vacation ideas!

  • @gracebyrd9485
    @gracebyrd9485 Před 3 lety +1

    Good Afternoon Will and Dawn 😃 Very interesting and spooky. Awesome camping spot. God bless youns and have a wonderful evening!

  • @donnadoering5125
    @donnadoering5125 Před 3 lety

    Loved this video, my husband and went camping back in middle 70s with our two sons sometimes had couple of extra kids . We always had a great time we just had a ground ⛺ but not the easy type that's used today. We had a 9x12 tent for all of us. We went Elora Gorge in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

  • @pattio3435
    @pattio3435 Před 3 lety

    I really enjoyed the video and watching you set up camp. The stroll through Daisy Town at night was awesome as well! Keep it up! And everything hamburger buns...icing on the cake, haven’t seen the yet in our stores. Great video!!!!

  • @bethiesmith7734
    @bethiesmith7734 Před 3 lety +1

    Y’all drive fast walk fast and eat fast 😆 it was funny watching y’all in fast zone mode

  • @ATJHTRAVELS
    @ATJHTRAVELS Před 3 lety +1

    Absolutely spectacular sledgehammered that like button stay safe awesome and blessed enjoyed and shared

  • @ms.tep_
    @ms.tep_ Před 3 lety +1

    Happy you were all able to get together! :)

  • @brianb.5473
    @brianb.5473 Před 3 lety +1

    Looked like a great time.

  • @hailep7080
    @hailep7080 Před 3 lety +3

    I'd be more scared of the ghosts in Daisy town than the bears😂😂

  • @pammiedoodle8693
    @pammiedoodle8693 Před 3 lety +1

    Camping in bear territory with a tent is not my idea of a good time! Lol!🤪
    Glad you had fun, though!👍🏼😊