hey im planning a trip to hike thru most of the pa trail but i will be with a few friends our idea is when its starts to to become bed time just go off trail and camp in the woods like it was ment for has any one good ideas on best way to go about it? is it best to find tent sites or is it preference but i would like to rubber neck it and camp alone amongst the trees and wild.also any one have any good storys or encounters with wild life from bears,cats,deer even big foot or maybe even seen things that dont make sense(ghosts) interested in hearing