A Weekend Away at Pine Mountain State Park
A little while back Michael and I took leave of our children for a weekend. We left the kids with the grandparents, loaded up the van and headed to the Pine Mountain State Park in Eastern Kentucky. We were so far east in the state that we actually visited three different states during the trip!...
General Butler State Park
Every year our family explores at least one of Kentucky’s State Parks, and this year our mini-vacation was at General Butler State Resort Park in Carrollton, Kentucky. The park is a little less than an hour away from our home in Northern Kentucky, which made for a nice and easy drive. We spent three days...
Creating a Family Travel Guide
When Michael and I were in college we spent many weekends at the Red River Gorge, and even after we got married we still went camping pretty regularly. But once we started having kids camping got a bit complicated, and we started staying in cabins and not tent camping as much as we used to...
Kentucky State Parks: Rough River Dam
Here’s few of my favorite pictures from our family vacation last month to Rough River Dam State Park. Oh how we love visiting the Kentucky State Parks! Rough River Dam State Park: Exploring… Reading… Hiking… Playing video games… Walking & chatting… Boating… Reflecting… Learning new games… You can read more about our trip to Rough...
#1 Dad on Vacation
We spent the days preceding Father’s Day hanging out with the #1 Dad in a cottage at Rough River Dam State Park. It was a wonderful getaway….we relaxed, read books, played video games, took a pontoon boat ride, went swimming, walked in the woods, took naps, explored the area surrounding the dam, and totally forgot...
Cumberland Falls State Park
This weekend our family had a little mini-vacation at Cumberland Falls State Park. Ella’s Odyssey of the Mind team was taking part in the State competition, so we used the opportunity to have a family getaway. It was too short, but full of fun. Despite the clouds and rain we managed to squeeze in a...
Our Mini Vacation : Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park
Our family loves to visit the state parks in Kentucky, we are blessed to live in a state with so many gorgeous state parks that are well cared for and have lodging so we can stay and enjoy them. Last week we went away for a few days to Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park,...
Summer Vacation 2010 :: Pennyrile State Park
Each year we try to explore a different Kentucky State Park. This summer we spent our vacation at Pennyrile State Park. It was a wonderful getaway….hiking, swimming in the lake, grilling out, napping, crocheting, riding in a paddle boat, enjoying the scenery from our lakefront cabin, reading books, and soaking up the sunshine. This park...
Cumberland Falls 2009
We went on a mini-vacation last week to Cumberland Falls. There were thunderstorms aplenty (I love thunderstorms!) but we were still able to spend some time outside…we went on a long hike to Eagle Creek Falls, Ella and I went horseback riding, and we even went to the pool for a bit. the kids loved...
