What is 2021’s Outlook? We all know what 2020 was about: cancelled plans, frustration, suffering, etc. What is 2021 going to look like? For us, we’re betting on sunny days and getting out more. Here are some of the big trips we already have planned and some other ideas we’re bouncing around. January and February First off, is winter EVER going to end? Here at P-TParaD HQ, we’ve been below freezing for almost two weeks. We’re getting close to breaking…
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…
Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site encompasses “a 100-acre lake with a paved bicycle path around it, plentiful fishing, a picturesque campground and choice picnic spots make Watkins Mill State Park an ideal place for an afternoon or longer. Located near the Kansas City area, the park has ample fishing opportunities and an abundance of whitetailed deer and wild turkeys to watch. The park is adjacent to the Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic Site, a National Historic Landmark,” (Missouri DNR). Campground’s website: Watkins Woolen Mill State…
We found a Montana High Country 365BH nearby. The floor plan and options were what we were looking for about a year. In this post we say farewell to our first love, Patty and say hello to our new rig, Maddie. Farewell Friend Patty, a 2016 Palamino Solaire 25BHSS, was a great starter trailer for us. We owned her for about 18 months. We pulled her over 7100 miles through 9 states and camped 42 nights with her. Patty only…
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. …