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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...