Trip Summary - Part-Time Paradise

Failing to Escape the Rain via Devil’s Tower and Nebraska (Summer Vacation Leg 4)

September 20, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 0 Comment

Hey everyone. This is Leg 4 of our #ptparadsummer2019 trip. In our last post on Leg 3, we spent several days in the Black Hills of South Dakota enjoying all scenery and nearly getting head butted by some bison! (catch up on Leg 2 and Leg 1). On this leg of our vacation we decided to leave the Black Hills a day early to avoid a large storm (and completely failed) and travel to Devil’s Tower National Monument and spend…

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Black Hills of South Dakota (Summer Vacation Leg 3)

August 25, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 0 Comment

Hey campers! This is Leg 3 of our #ptparadsummer2019 vacation. We were tucking into bed at Cedar Pass Campground at Badlands National Park at the end of our Leg 2 post (catch up on Leg 1 here). In this post, we explore the Black Hills of South Dakota including Mount Rushmore National Monument, Jewel Cave National Monument, Wind Cave National Park, and Custer State Park. Let’s get into it! Day 5 – 02 July 2019 – Drive from Badlands National…

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Badlands National Park (Summer Vacation Leg 2)

August 22, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 0 Comment

Badlands National Park This post covers our second leg of our #ptparadsummer2019 adventure (catch up on Leg 1 here). We spent a few days in and around Badlands National Park. Day 3 – 30 June 2019 – Badlands National Park It rained all night. This will become a theme for a few days unfortunately. The sky was overcast but the temperature was quite comfortable. After some quick breakfast, we got in the truck and drove to the parking lot for…

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Home to the Badlands (Summer 2019 Vacation Leg 1)

July 28, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 2 comments

Part-Time Paradise Summer 2019! What a trip we had. We traveled for 16 days across South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and back through Kansas to home base. This post takes us through the first two days of the trip from home to our campground at Badlands National Park. Day 1 – 28 June 2019 – Kansas City to Missouri National Recreational River to Valentine, Nebraska We had Patty all packed and ready to rock the night before. We set…

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Catch Up Post – Wallace State Park and Watkins Woolen Mill

May 5, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 1 comment

We went to Wallace State Park and Watkins Woolen Mill Historic Site and State Park in October 2018. This trip slipped through the cracks on documenting our weekends. We enjoyed the trip so much, it was worth the effort to go back a few months and capture our fun.

Spring Break Conclusion – Atoka Resevoir and Fort Smith National Historic Site

April 21, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 0 Comment

We’ve made it to the conclusion of a four-post arc of our Spring Break Trip (catch up on Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3). In this post we take on 14 hours on the road, take Patty the Trailer dry camping for the first time, and visit Fort Smith National Historic Site on our way back to Kansas City.

Spring Break Part 3 – Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park and San Antonio

April 13, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 1 comment

We left last time heading south from McKinney Falls State Park in Austin, Texas. The bad weather continued to plague us as we traveled further into Texas Hill Country. In this post, we stop at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park on the way to San Antonio to explore and enjoy more of our Spring Break vacation.

Spring Break Part 2 – We’re in Texas!!! Waco Mammoth National Monument and Austin

March 31, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 2 comments

We left you in our last post at Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Oklahoma. The cold weather and rain was not very Spring Break like and we cancelled our second night at Chickasaw and decided to head South towards Texas, visited some Waco Mammoths, our favorite Texas fast food, and a little beaver on the way, and lucked into a wonderful spot near Austin.

Spring Break Trip Part 1 – OKC Natl Memorial and Chickasaw Natl Recreation Area

March 24, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 0 Comment

Spring break! Oh what a trip. It was such a trip it’s going to take me a few posts to get through it all. We traveled through Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas on the longest trip we’ve taken in our own rig, Patty (our first trip in a rented trailer was the furthest). I hope you’ll read along about our 9-day, 1700+ mile search for paradise. Day 1 – 09 March 2019; Kansas City to Oklahoma City We set out…

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Tuttle Creek State Park and Kansas State Football – EMAW!

March 10, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 0 Comment

We took a quick kid-free trip to Manhattan, KS to watch a Kansas State football game. We stayed at the Rocky Ford Campground in Tuttle Creek State Park. 14 September 2018 – Kansas City to Tuttle Creek State Park Once the kids got home from school and they got settled in with their grandparents, we hit the road for Manhattan, KS. Manhattan is about 2.5 hours west on I-70 from Kansas City. We got to Tuttle Creek State Park, checked-in,…

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