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Falls from above

Oklahoma! Natural Falls State Park

Post author:Colleen
Post published:September 2, 2020
Post category:Adventure Hiking Photos

We arrived in Oklahoma today and were pleasantly surprised to see the sun! We are at Natural Falls State Park for one night. This is a small park but the falls are very special. The park has quite a history, dating back to the 1830s when the region was designated as the Cherokee Nation during the Indian Removal Act of 1830 (also known as the Trail of Tears, when the Cherokee were forced to relocate to the west). When the Civil War started, the tribe became divided and non-Indians began moving into the area illegally. In fact, this section of…

Cedar Falls

Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas

Post author:Colleen
Post published:September 1, 2020
Post category:Adventure Photos Uncategorized

We arrived at Petit Jean State Park yesterday. This is a gorgeous state park, huge sites and on a lake. The park is located between the Ozark and Ouachita mountain ranges. The mountain received its name from the legend of Petit Jean a story of a French girl that disguised herself as a boy and secretly accompanied her sweetheart, a sailor, to America. The hike we wanted to do, is closed due to a storm that knocked down 400+ trees! The closure doesn’t really matter as we are socked in with rain all day. This is to be expected we…

Hawn State Park

Where we are…MO

Post author:Colleen
Post published:August 30, 2020
Post category:Adventure Hiking

Today we are at Hawn State Park in Ste. Genevieve, MO. We have been here for 2 days and have finally relaxed from last week! We have been hiking, exploring and just hanging out. Tomorrow we are heading to Arkansas for a few days as we continue west to Colorado.Prior to Hawn SP we stayed at SkyDive Chicago in Ottawa IL. It was the largest skydiving operation we have ever seen! They had 5 plane and are known worldwide. They are part of the Harvest Host Network. Great experience... Pickle Creek Trail Pickle Creek Trail SkyDive Chicago Site SkyDive Chicago

Some history of Ottawa, IL.

Post author:Colleen
Post published:August 30, 2020
Post category:Adventure Airstream

Today marks our first completed week of our adventure. During this week, we had some obligations as well as some fine tuning of some logistics. We spent Thursday and Friday in Ottawa, Il. The main reason to visit Ottawa, IL was to deliver my mother’s ashes to be buried next to my father in Oakwood Memorial Park. It was sad, but we felt good having completed my mother’s wishes. Also while in Ottawa, we toured the town and I gave Carol a history lesson of the good and the bad. So many of the places I loved as a child,…

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