Category: Outdoor Adventures
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Bridge and Waterfall- Fall Creek Falls State Park {Tennessee}
Of all the state parks that we have visited so far here in Tennessee, probably the one that we consider our favorite is Fall Creek Falls State Park. The first time we came here we loved getting to hike through the changing colors of fall. The second time we came here was just after a…
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Radnor Lake State Park {Tennessee}
We finally got our Tennessee state park passport book! After a year of seeing as many of the state parks as we could, now we’ll have to go back through and see them again so we can get the official stamp in our book. So we started out our goal with a visit to Radnor…
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Crowley’s Ridge State Park {Arkansas}
After spending one day at Silver Dollar City, the next day we were on the road again back to home. On the way back, we decided to take a different way home so we could go through Arkansas. I have never been to Arkansas before, and truthfully I have actually given very little thought to…
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Dead Horse Point State Park {Utah}
Now don’t let the name of this state park deter you from visiting. This state park is full of geological wonder that will make the discomfort at the name be well worth enduring. This park offers some incredible views of the Colorado River snaking its way through the thousands of layers of rock with distant…
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Fort Mountain State Park {Georgia}
This last weekend we met up with my friend and her family for a visit to Fort Mountain State Park. We picked this park because it was a pretty close midpoint between her home near Atlanta and our home near Murfreesboro. We drove up the winding roads of the mountain with incredible views through the…
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Exploring Moonstone Beach Along the Central Coast{California}
Slow down at Moonstone Beach in Cambria, where smooth shoreline stones, Pacific Ocean views, and quiet coastal beauty create one of California’s most relaxing beach walks.
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Morro Bay State Park: Coastal Views & Sea Otters on the Central Coast {California}
A peaceful stop along California’s Central Coast, Morro Bay State Park offers harbor views, iconic Morro Rock, and unforgettable sea otter sightings.
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Montaña de Oro State Park: Spooner’s Cove, Tide Pools & Coastal Adventures{California}
Explore Montaña de Oro State Park, where Spooner’s Cove, colorful tide pools, dramatic coastal views, and unforgettable family adventures make this one of California’s most beautiful state parks.
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Everglades National Park {Florida}
One of my big regrets from our time in Florida is that we never made it down to the national parks while we were there. Florida has three national parks, all of which are down near the southern tip of the state. I had the opportunity to visit Everglades National Park a few years ago…
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David Crockett State Park {Tennessee}
This weekend’s state park adventure is brought to you by Davy Crockett- legendary folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, politician, defender of The Alamo, and purveyor of animal skin clothing- who was considered the ‘King of the Wild Frontier’. He gained a reputation for his larger than life adventures and as those stories were then put into…