State Parks

Daniel Boone National Forest and The Red River Gorge – Fall 2018

March 1, 2019 In RV Trips

The original plan for our annual Fall trip was to spend two weeks in northwest Wisconsin exploring a number of state parks and waterfalls. Unfortunately, 3 days before we were...

Rock Cut State Park

September 17, 2018 In Campgrounds

Located in Rockford, Illinois – Rock Cut State Park is the largest state park in Illinois. We first stayed there last summer and have been there three more times this...

Johnson Sauk Trail State Park

July 6, 2018 In Campgrounds

As I’ve mentioned previously, we like to head out of town to a quiet location for the July 4th holiday (see Ramsey Lake State Park). Our dogs hate the fireworks so we look...

Ramsey Lake State Park

July 5, 2017 In Campgrounds

Located in central Illinois, Ramsey Lake State Park is a 1,980-acre recreation area that has a 40 acre lake for fishing and boating. We stayed at the park over the July...

Buckhorn State Park

May 5, 2017 In Campgrounds

Our second stop in our Spring getaway was Buckhorn State Park (first stop was Mirror Lake State Park). When we’re gone for longer than a weekend I like to move around...

Mirror Lake State Park

May 1, 2017 In Campgrounds

When mother nature decides to throw you a curve ball (see story about Ohio) you go North and head to the Dells! It was Spring and our planned trip to Hocking Hills State...

Ferne Clyffe State Park

November 24, 2016 In Campgrounds

As part of our 2016 Turkey Trot, we went down to Southern Illinois to check out some of the local state parks. We spent one night at Giant City State Park and decided to head...

Giant City State Park

November 23, 2016 In Campgrounds

A stop on our Thanksgiving Turkey Trot, we hard originally planned to spend a couple of days at Giant City State Park before heading over to FFerne Clyffe State Park but we ended...

2016 Turkey Trot

November 21, 2016 In RV Trips

The first year with our RV and we didn’t want our camping season to end. So we ditched our families the week of Thanksgiving and went camping in downstate Illinois....

Mary Jane Thurston State Park

October 10, 2016 In Campgrounds

This was our last stop after two weeks on the road. Mary Jane Thurston State Park is located about 30 minutes south of Interstate 80/90 in the town of McClure, Ohio. This...