Hiking in Palo Duro Canyon State Park | Camping in Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge | December 2024 After leaving Washita Battlefield in Oklahoma, we drove another hour or so into Texas to our intended camping spot for tonight. We entered the state on I-40, then drove South on TX-207. For most of the drive,…
Driving from Missouri to Oklahoma | Camping at Barber Lake in Kansas | Visiting Washita Battlefield NHS | December 2024 On our third day of our road trip to the Southwest, we started with driving on some Missouri county roads South in order to enter our last county in this row, then made our way…
Winter Migration 2024 | Iowa to Missouri | Visiting Battle of Lexington State Historic Site | Camping in Missouri Conservation Areas | December 2024 The week before Christmas, we packed up the van and said our goodbyes to family for the next few months, and officially began our winter migration. On our first day of…
Road Trip from Mark Twain National Forest, MO to Iowa | Maramec Spring Park | Clark’s Hill/Norton State Historic Site | Camping in Prairie Hills and Union Ridge Conservation Areas | November 2024 Today was the start of Thanksgiving week, and it was time for us to begin our drive back to Iowa. We planned…
Hiking in Elephant Rocks State Park, MO | Camping in Mark Twain National Forest | November 2024 Before embarking on this trip, we did some research and had several areas picked out where we could visit, hike, get new counties, and different places where we could camp. But between the cold and feeling worn out…
Driving from Iowa to Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri | Camping in Missouri Conservation Areas | Visiting Mark Twain State Historic Site | Florida, MO | November 2024 Between the end of October and middle of December, we had several appointments and reasons to stay close to our hometown in Iowa. However, in between those…