State Parks

Wild burros Custer State Park

Hiking Black Elk Peak in Custer State Park

Climbing Black Elk Peak (renamed from Harney Peak in 2016) was a highlight of our visit to Custer State Park in South Dakota during our summer National Park road trip. When researching our time in the…

Oak Mountain State Park

Alabama’s Oak Mountain State Park

Dave and I just returned from a road trip to New Orleans (which was awesome by the way!) and I want to tell you about Oak Mountain State Park where we stopped for the night on…

Grayson Highlands State Park Ponies

Visiting Grayson Highlands State Park Ponies

Last weekend Dave and Garrett headed to Red River Gorge to backpack with friends, so the girls and I headed to Virginia to see the Grayson Highlands State Park ponies. I’ve been wanting to visit Grayson…

Barefoot Beach Preserve

Barefoot Beach Nature Preserve

We escaped to sunny south Florida for Spring Break and stumbled upon a beautiful little beach- the Barefoot Beach Nature Preserve, just south of Ft. Myers in Bonita Springs. We spent the day at Barefoot Beach…