When it comes to travel, I haven’t been out of Pennsylvania and Ohio except for twice. I have vacationed at Disney World in Florida when I was four years old and at Myrtle Beach when I was 17 years old. I wouldn’t say I’m sheltered because I haven’t been many places, though. For me, travel means escaping. You can travel a mile down the road to a place that is special and has meaning for you and it can become a vacation in itself.
My mini vacation will take place this weekend and throughout the entire summer. A group of friends and I get together and journey down to Jackson’s Hollow. The Hollow is a place where you won’t have any cell phone service, so no one can bother you, and you will probably be covered in mud, but the people that surround you won’t judge.
It’s an escape from reality for my friends and I. We can access the Hollow any time of the year, but there is a creek where we fish and the first weekend of Trout season is a true celebration. This weekend happens to be the first weekend of Trout season and I will be traveling to the Hollow to see everyone.
It becomes a place where we go to hang out, camp, make a fire, catch and cook our own food and enjoy each other’s company. Many of us bring our quads and dirt bikes in order to travel from campsite to campsite. The Hollow is hard to access with just a car and unless you’re riding on a quad or dirt bike you will need to journey around in a truck. There is a group of about 30-50 friends of mine that swarm the place this time of year and it is known that once Trout season rolls around, we will be there.
If you can image beautiful trees, green trails, walking and hiking trails, nature made rock walls (that I suggest you don’t climb, because you WILL get hurt), bonfires, a creek to swim, fish and wash off in, and plenty of people in their twenties, you can imagine Jackson’s Hollow. To many it doesn’t sound like a vacation or even a fun time, but to us it is a whole different world where we can just escape with each other and be ourselves. You don’t have to worry about being judge, looking good, being too loud, getting in trouble or not having anything to do. There is never a dull moment in the Hollow and if I could take everyone and let them experience what it is like to TRULY get away from society for a weekend, I would. You can go on vacation anywhere tropical, but you pay for things on vacation, you have cell phone service and no true escape of wondering what people think of you or if you look fat in a bathing suit.
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