Lake of the Ozarks Camping and Bagnell Dam Area
A five day trip spent at Lake of the Ozarks State Park, and enjoying the Bagnell Dam area. We stayed in the campground at the State Park, while the kids enjoyed one of the park's cabins…
Hawn State Park & Pickle Springs Natural Area
Hawn State Park has been on our list of places to visit for quite some time. However, it has always proved to be about impossible to get camping reservations there. So, when the State Parks opened up their reservation system in 2020 to allow reservations for a year out, we jumped on the opportunity to finally get reservations at Hawn…
Stockton State Park | Stockton Lake - Missouri
There are times when life’s everyday tasks can begin to wear on a person. I think that dealing with COVID just magnifies the issue. Tammy and I had both reached that point toward the end of August 2020, and decided to take this trip to Stockton State Park as an opportunity to recharge…
Finger Lakes State Park - Family Camping Weekend
In early July, we spent a weekend at Finger Lakes State Park, near Columbia, MO. We had never visited this park, and all we knew about it is that is catered to off-road vehicles, and had several areas for activities revolving around those…
First T@g trip - Knob Noster State Park
We took our new T@g teardrop out for the first time.
Van Meter State Park weekend
Van Meter State Park is a special place for me. As a child, we would take day trips down to the park to hike the trails and enjoy the outdoors. Trips such as these helped foster the love for hiking and the outdoors that I have today. Strangely enough, since Tammy and I met, we have never returned to Van Meter. There have been several times that we have considered it as a weekend camping location, but every time we chose another option. This past weekend we finally made it back to the park that I remember so fondly.