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.