Hillsdale State Park on Labor Day 2020 When the weather turns cold, it must mean that it’s time to catch up on blog posts! On Labor Day weekend this year, we went to Hillsdale State Park in Kansas. Hillsdale State Park is just south of the Kansas City, KS area.
Like everyone, COVID-19 is influencing every part of our lives, including vacation plans. Our initial plan was a week at Disney World. Disney and Florida didn’t open before our vacation time. COVID Vacation back up plan one was to stay at Grand Lake, CO and explore the western side of Rocky Mountain National Park (check out our trip to Rocky Mountain National Park in 2019!). My job placed some COVID travel regulations on me. So we came up with COVID…
Hey campers. This is a post from April 2019. It fell behind the jack knife couch, but we’ll catch it up now. We set up Patty at Dr. Edmund A. Babler State Park outside of Saint Louis and visited the Saint Louis Zoo and Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site over a weekend.
We made it! This is Leg 11 and the last post to finally catch up on our trip summary of our #ptparadsummer2019 (read the rest of the posts you missed: Leg 10, Leg 9, Leg 8, Leg 7, Leg 6, Leg 5, Leg 4, Leg 3, Leg 2, and Leg 1). I have enjoyed reliving all of the memories of our trip. In Leg 10 we left off with us spending a great day at Great Sand Dunes National Park. On this Leg we’ll explore Bent’s Old Fort…
Welcome to Leg 10 of #ptparadsummer2019 (catch up on Leg 9, Leg 8, Leg 7, Leg 6, Leg 5, Leg 4, Leg 3, Leg 2, and Leg 1). In the last post we finished a jam packed day in Colorado Springs. In this post we point the truck south and spend some time in Great Sand Dunes National Park.
Welcome to Leg 9 of #ptparadsummer2019 (catch up on Leg 8, Leg 7, Leg 6, Leg 5, Leg 4, Leg 3, Leg 2, and Leg 1). In the last post of this long trip, we finished some repairs on Patty after a travel day to Colorado Springs.
Welcome to Leg 8 of #ptparadsummer2019 (catch up on Leg 7, Leg 6, Leg 5, Leg 4, Leg 3, Leg 2, and Leg 1). Last post we ended our big day at Rocky Mountain National Park. In this post we’ll head to Colorado Springs and stop at Florissant Fossil Beds on the way. Day 12 – 09 July 2019 – Estes Park to Florissant Fossil Beds to Colorado Springs On Day 12 we traveled south to get in position to explore Colorado Springs. …
Welcome to Leg 7 of #ptparadsummer2019. We left you in Leg 6 in Laramie, WY (catch up on Leg 5, Leg 4, Leg 3, Leg 2, and Leg 1). In this post we explored Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park, CO. Day 10 – 07 July 2019 – Laramie, WY to Estes Park, CO We got moving pretty early. Everyone choked down some breakfast and helped pack up and hook up Patty. Our giddiness to get moving didn’t quite pay off. We…
Welcome to Leg 6 of our #ptparadsummer2019 (catch up on Leg 5, Leg 4, Leg 3, Leg 2, and Leg 1). In this leg of the trip we explore Laramie, WY and the beautiful area around it. Day 8 – 05 July 2019 (Part 2) – Boondocking Spot in Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest At the end of the Leg 5 post we were settling into our spot in Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest outside of Laramie, WY. As I was looking through photos for…
Greetings! This is Leg 5 of our #ptparadsummer2019 (catch up on Leg 4, Leg 3, Leg 2, and Leg 1). In this leg of the story, we explore Agate Fossil Beds, Scotts Bluff National Monuments, and Fort Laramie National Historic Site on our way to Medicine-Bow National Forest outside of Laramie, Wyoming. Day 8 – 05 July 2019 – Agate Fossil Beds National Monument to Scotts Bluff National Monument to Fort Laramie National Historic Site Erin and I struggled to…
