Preparation and planning As i'm sitting at work on Friday morning, I check weather.com and realize it's going to snow that night. After that sunk in , I did what any rational outdoorsman would do - I called my girlfriend and told her that we were going camping. It might be worth mentioning at this point that snow in Mississippi is exceptionally rare during the winter, but in March it's almost unheard of. After kicking it around we decided to go and started making preparations. I had a Eureka backpacking tent that I purchased in Colorado and a good mummy bag but not much else; I rushed off to Academy to fill the void and about 110 dollars later, we were set for a good winter camping trip. The camping spot we selected was Choctaw Lake
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