u/Butter_Frog_401

I’m going on my first 1 night backpacking trip over memorial day weekend at Shawnee National Forest. Planning on 10-15 miles round trip. Can I really just roll up, start hiking and find a place somewhere along the way to set up camp? Seems almost too good to be true as a lifelong campground camper 😂

Planning on bringing a tent, camp quilt/blowup pad/pillow, headlamp, backpacking stove/fuel and stuff to eat with, food, and water filtration system. Any other major items I should make sure to have?