Great Parks

Grand Teton by RV: Six Hikes, a Bronze Bear, and My First Milky Way

Six days at Colter Bay in the Ember: six hikes with honest ratings, the night I finally saw the Milky Way from the beach, and the new Grizzly 399 monument in Jackson. Plus our campground review, plant-based meals cooked in the rig, and the Wyoming gas stations you want to avoid.

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Grand Canyon by RV: Rim Trails, Bikes, and an Ugly/Cute Bird

Four nights at the Grand Canyon by RV: rim trails that humbled us on the climb out, days spent biking the park instead of waiting on shuttles, elk wandering through camp, and a pair of wild California condors overhead that I’m still thinking about. Here’s our honest guide, plus the sunset crowd to skip.

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Welcome to the “Mad Max” world of “first come, first served” campgrounds in Grand Teton National Forest

From “bears on the highway” signs to the crazy world of trying to find a “first come, first served” campsite in Grand Teton, our first day here was not what we expected – and it was all good once we saw how incredibly beautiful the Tetons are.

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Field Trip: Woodland Mound Park and Caesar Creek State Park

This weekend we visited two other parks in our must-visit list: Woodland Mound and Caesar Creek State Park.  Woodland Mound Woodland Mound was AWESOME.  This park has got to be in my top 3 list of my favorite Cincinnati parks.  First of all it has a really cool visitor center that has a lot of information

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Trip to Miami Whitewater Park

I continue to be amazed at Cincinnati’s series of parks!  Seriously, they are awesome!.  This time we visited Miami Whitewater, a very large park, which included a medium-size lake, a splash pad and playground.  People can rent paddle boats and even stand-up paddle boards!   There were some small motor water vehicles there but not

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Field Trip: Big Bone Lick Park

One of the places that Dennis and I had considered camping at was Big Bone Lick Park because they had some interesting hiking, a pool and a herd of bison.  Since we finally ended up camping somewhere else (Stonelick Park), we decided to go check Big Bone Lick just in case.   The park is

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