All about our favorite National Parks.
You know how much our family loves national parks! We have a goal of visiting them all… although admittedly we might have to revise that to all of them in the lower 48. Did you know there are eight national parks in the state of Alaska?! If you want to do a national parks unit… Continue reading national parks lesson plan and unit
When we visited South Carolina in December I knew we would be within an hour of Congaree National Park. Being that close to a brand-new-to-us National Park was too hard to resist! So when my mom asked if we wanted to make the drive up and visit it of course I was thrilled! One more… Continue reading exploring Congaree National Park with kids
You know me–always planning our next National Park adventure. When I saw that our epic summer road trip would be taking us right through Saguaro National Park I knew we had to make a stop. In Arizona. In July. Yikes! Truthfully, I nearly changed my mind about this trip a hundred times. In the end… Continue reading exploring saguaro national park with kids
Two summers ago we made our annual trip to a National Park. Our family visits one National Park a year, preferably a new one we haven’t been to before—although we do have our favorites that we frequent. When we were planning our trip for 2019 we knew we wanted to stay somewhat close to home,… Continue reading exploring Crater Lake National Park with kids
Our family recently escaped civilization somewhat and drove out to Muir Woods for the day. Although it’s only a couple hours from us it had been a few years since we had been there. It’s been interesting over the past year as we’ve visited units within the National Parks system (both old favorites and new… Continue reading visiting Muir Woods national monument with kids
