Gear

Included

• Minimal Cooking supplies (stove, pot, fuel)

• Fire starters

• First aid supplies

Excluded

• Personal items (clothing, toiletries)

• Extra cooking supplies & eating/drinking utensils

• All meals/snacks/drinks

• Sleep system (tent, pad, bag/blanket)

• Chair, sit pad, or Reflectix

• Backpacking Pack

• Trekking Poles

Need Gear? Ask about low-budget suggestions, look for used gear through REI or Facebook Marketplace, or utilize a rental company (such as www.arriveoutdoors.com)

Itinerary

Day 1 - Car Camping*

• Arrive around 6pm at Shades State Park and meet at the Non-electric car campground in Waveland, IN

• Set up camp, eat dinner together (or eat before arriving), and pray a rosary together around the campfire (then campfire chatting and bed)

Day 2 - Backpacking*

• For those who car camped: eat breakfast, tear down camp setup, drive to Hickory Parking Lot

• For anyone backpacking: Arrive around 11:30am inside Shades State Park at the Hickory Parking Lot in Waveland, IN

• Pray the Angelus at noon and eat lunch (or eat snacks/lunch on trail)

• Walk the Backpack Trail to the campsite at the backpack campground

• Arrive at campsite around 3pm. Set up camp, cook dinner, & pray the rosary (then campfire chatting and bed)

Day 3

• Break camp, eat breakfast, and leave campsite by 11am to walk back to the parking lot (eat lunch/snacks on trail)

• Leave Shades SP ~1:30pm (arrive Fishers IN ~3:30pm)