State Parks

Bella on a trail at Lake Louisa State Park in Clermont, Florida November 11 - 25, 2025.

Lake Louisa State Park Clermont, Florida Nov 11 – 25, 2025

We left Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park around 11 am on Tuesday, November 11th and drove almost 3 1/2 hours to Lake Louisa State Park in Clermont, Florida for a 14-night stay. This is our 5th or 6th stay at this park, since it’s one of the closest to family and friends in […]

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Lake Johnson at Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park with alligator warning sign.

Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park in Keystone Heights, FL October 28 – Nov 11, 2025

Tuesday, October 28th around 1pm we left Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, Florida and drove 70 miles southeast to Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park in Keystone Heights, Florida for a 14-night stay. This was our first time staying at this Florida State Park. I always enjoy those short

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Cindy and Jeff as snow people at Stephen Foster Cultural Center State Park in White Springs, Florida 2025

Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, Florida October 20 – 28, 2025

We left Evans County Public Fishing Area outside of Claxton, Georgia on Monday, October 20th for a three-hour drive to the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, Florida. We were here previously in early 2022, back before we started this blog. Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park The Stephen Foster

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Trail marker at Chattahoochee Bend State Park.

Chattahoochee Bend State Park, Newnan, Georgia October 1 – 10, 2025

After getting tired of waiting for USACE to make a decision about whether they would close Whitetail Ridge Campground, we left there around 12:30 pm on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 and drove about an hour north to Chattahoochee Bend State Park, near Newnan, Georgia for a 10-night stay. It’s more expensive than the USACE campground

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Butterfly we saw by the Blue Licks Battlefield Memorial.

Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park in Carlisle, Kentucky Sept. 1 – 4, 2025

We left Alum Creek State Park Campground in Delaware, Ohio on Labor Day around 10:30 am (after a 45-minute wait at the campground’s dump station) for a 3 1/2 hour drive to Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park in Carlisle, Kentucky. Cindy is usually careful to make sure we don’t travel on a holiday because

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Alum Creek State Park Beach

Alum Creek State Park Campground in Delaware, Ohio Aug. 29 – Sept. 1, 2025

Friday, August 29th we left Punderson State Park Campground at 12:15 pm for a relatively short drive of 3 hours to Alum Creek State Park in Delaware, Ohio for another short stay of 3 nights and again, for really one reason only. Alum Creek State Park Campground Alum Creek State Park Campground is a large

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Home of Superman plaque in Cleveland, Ohio.

Punderson State Park in Newbury, Ohio August 27-29, 2025

We left the Wayne County Fairgrounds Campground around 11 am on Wednesday August 27th to make a 3 1/2 hour drive to Punderson State Park in Newbury, Ohio for a short, two-night stay. We’re making this stop for one reason and one reason only. It was a nice drive along the shores of Lake Erie

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Jeff, Cindy, Kirk and Laura at Fort Michilimackinac on August 20, 2025.

Straits State Park in St. Ignace, Michigan Aug 17-21, 2025

We left Monocle Lake State Park at 11:45 am on Tuesday, August 17th, just before the noon check-out time, to drive 53 miles south to Straits State Park in St. Ignace, Michigan for a 4-night stay and visit with our friends Kirk, Laura and Laura’s mom, Royda. But first, we needed to “eat up” some

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Cindy feeding wild donkeys at Custer State Park on July 22, 2025.

Custer State Park near Custer SD July 21 – 24, 2025

Monday morning July 21, 2025 I was up at 6:30 am. We had full hook-ups at Big Horn View RV Campground so I was flushing our gray and black tanks and filling our fresh water tank because we wouldn’t have a water hook-up at Custer State Park, only electric, for our three-night stay. It’s a

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The Wandering Wetheringtons and Breiding Family in Washington July 14, 2025.

Kanaskat-Palmer State Park in Ravensdale, Washington July 9 – 16, 2025

Welcome to new subscribers and old friends Susan, Alan, and Lynn! You can join them and our other fine subscribers by signing up with your email address on the left. That way, you’ll never miss a post. Wednesday, July 9, 2025 we left Tolt-MacDonald at the noon check-out time for a one-hour drive south to

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