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Which one? The Creation Museum or The Ark Encounter?

FLASHBACK FRIDAY! Since it’s Good Friday for us, I thought a trip back to 2019 to visit the Creation Museum and The Ark Encounter would be fitting. We highly recommend The Ark Encounter (and, no, you can’t drive by and see it from the interstate, road, or parking lot—we tried).  If you are unfamiliar withContinue reading “Which one? The Creation Museum or The Ark Encounter?”

Our Top 10 Tools for Camping

Are you new to camping life? Do you feel like you need tools but don’t know where to start? Maybe you want to be prepared for many scenarios. We’re so glad you’re here and we want to help. While recording a long form YouTube video about tools, I asked Jon what his top 10 toolsContinue reading “Our Top 10 Tools for Camping”

Were We Able to Dry Camp for 2 Nights in the 5th Wheel?

While most people prefer ALL the amenities while camping, we want to be able to dry camp (no hookups but some may be nearby like water) or boondock (no hookups nor any nearby) more because that’s where all of the open spots are—especially if we didn’t plan that far ahead. We’ve dry camped only twiceContinue reading “Were We Able to Dry Camp for 2 Nights in the 5th Wheel?”

Mountain Biking Basics

How do you keep 3 active boys and a girl happy on our camping trips outside of hiking, swimming, and s’mores? Mountain Biking. Most of our planned trips revolved around parks with trails designated for mountain bikes. Check out these tips to see if you’re prepared.⠀Paved bike trails & mountain bike trails are not createdContinue reading “Mountain Biking Basics”

Where Have We Been?

One day in July my coworker said to me, “Hey! There might be something wrong with your blog. I’ve not received any notices of new posts recently.” (Not a direct quote but how I remember it! Haha!) I promise we have not given up on the blog but it had to be moved to theContinue reading “Where Have We Been?”

Prophetstown State Park

Traveling anywhere between Indianapolis and Chicago? Let the prairie wind blow you into one of the most popular and newest state parks in Indiana which is only a few miles off of I-65 near Lafayette along the Wabash River. According to the Facebook Indiana State Park Camping group, this seems to be the place toContinue reading “Prophetstown State Park”