Category: National Park
South Dakota ROAD TRIP
From waterfalls to national monuments, bison, mountains, quirky attractions, and the Wild West. South Dakota has something for everyone. Here are some places to stop along I-90 through South Dakota.
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
The Great Sand Dunes in Colorado have been on my bucket list for a long time. These dunes are the tallest in North America, rising to about 750 feet, and were formed more than 400K years ago. To read more about how the dunes formed […]
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
We arrived into Colorado via Wyoming, and it was a beautiful drive. This was another new state for the boys to visit, and it had been a long time since I had been to Colorado. We visited Rocky Mountain National Park on Memorial Day weekend which […]
How to Homeschool With Our National & State Parks
We have found some wonderful resources that we use regularly to enhance our homeschool. But my very favorite resource is our National and State Parks. What better learning experience can you imagine than seeing, feeling, and experiencing the National Parks first-hand? When we first left on our […]
Camp Verde, Arizona
While staying in Camp Verde, Arizona, near to Sedona, we found a few attractions to visit for free (with a National Parks Pass!) Montezuma Castle National Monument From Camp Verde, Montezuma Castle was a quick and easy drive. A short walkway led to the pueblo cliffside castle, […]
Grand Canyon National Park & Extreme Flagstaff, Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park This was our first visit as a family to the Grand Canyon. The boys were both really looking forward to seeing it, and we had been reading and re-reading a book about it weeks before we had arrived. It just so […]
Theodore Roosevelt National Park & Medora, North Dakota
On our return trip to Chicago, our visit to North Dakota was monumental to us because this was a brand new state for all four of us to visit. Our stopping point was Medora, where we stayed for a week. It was here that we […]
Yosemite National Park, California
Yosemite National Park was high on our list of must-visit places. As we were traveling in central California, we met some nice people who were long time residents, and gave us some great advice about visiting Yosemite. We took their advice and visited on a […]
Zion National Park, Utah
After visiting Bryce Canyon National Park, we made our way back to Springdale, Utah, where we stayed for the week, down the street from Zion National Park’s entrance. I must admit that we were very surprised at the crowds for October. The weather was in […]
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Bryce Canyon National Park, located in southern Utah, was a side trip for us from our week long spot in Zion National Park. We drove the two and a half hour route, through the “tunnel” in Zion, and spent one night in a hotel right […]
