(Heads up – the pictures are weird on this one. I’m experimenting with using Flickr to store the pictures so the posts load faster. I don’t have it all figured out yet.) With Halloween approaching, Goblin State Park seemed appropriate. I agree with the first guy who found it – they look more like…
The kids and I took off for the local park this morning. Before we left, Evie was heartbroken to leave 2 new little friends. To be clear, those friends were already off on an adventure with their parents… they were gone. Not around. Goodbye until dinner time. But logic has no place in world of…
This is how our third and final day in Yellowstone started out: As usual these days, we were slow in getting started on our third and final day in Yellowstone. We had camped at a place about 6 miles beyond the western entrance of the park (aka tourist town – we’ll avoid it…
We’re doing Badlands National Park in a big way. We’re spending a few nights in the area to give us time to explore and hike and soak up some prairie. We first hit the northeast entrance. Who needs this?! Seriously. Before anyone freaks out, we were stopped to let some…
I’ve read about petrified wood but hadn’t seen any. Ditto for Scott. When we saw a sign for a petrified wood garden just outside the Badlands, our thought was, “Eh, why not?!” It was $12 for the both of the us, the kids were free. We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. The walk started with…
