"Let us go on and take the adventures that shall fall to us." ~C.S. Lewis
I made it home from Israel and have been getting back into the regular flow of things at home. And nothing helps fight jet lag better than some fresh air and sunshine, so we made our way to our favorite state park to explore another wonderful trail. We decided to take the Lost Creek Trail [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Happy Birthday to the state of Tennessee! On this day in 1796, Tennessee moved from being a territory to a state. And what better way to celebrate the birth of the state that we now we call home than by visiting the State Capital in Nashville. The park that has been created at the foot [...]
After playing in the waves at the first state park, we then made our way up to the next state park- Morro Bay State Park. This park is known for the large domed rock right next to the bay. We drove all the way up the hill to see the bay from the top of [...]
The next day of our California weekend was dedicated to a couple of state parks. We made our way to Montaña de Oro State Park to a small area called Spooner's Cove. This was a great place to meet up with some friends and let the little ones play in the water. A small pool a [...]
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 [...]