There are few things in life that seem to hit on all your passions at one time. So when those things come around, you should grab onto it, sink your teeth into it, and never let it go. So when I heard about MacGillivray Freeman’s National Park Adventure 3D IMAX Film coming to Raleigh I […]
It is the beginning of March and our family has not visited a National park since December when we visited Wright Brothers National Memorial (again) and Cape Hatteras! I’m going stir crazy! If we are going to hit our goal of 100 National Park sites visited by 2020 we can’t rest on our number of […]
I am excited to announce that my entry in the National Park Foundation’s Find Your Park Centennial Project won first place! Thank you so much for your support of my entry. As you can see from my entry above, I focused on the love in seeing my kids take an interest in photography while we […]
Each post in this YoParks! series will feature an interview with a National Park ranger or historian. My hope is to spread the word about our amazing National Park system and encourage you to visit a park near you! Today’s YoParks! post features Cowpens National Battlefield. 10 Questions with Margo Blewett, Visitor Services Assistant/Volunteer Coordinator […]
In my last post I talked about the first 4 National Park sites we visited on our Labor Day trip. I decided to talk about the 5th and last stop on our trip in this separate post. Fort Frederica National Monument is perhaps the most accessible, family-friendly National Park site that you have never heard […]
Typically on Labor Day weekend I fly down to Tampa, Florida for my annual Fantasy Football draft. It is a Labor Day saturday filled with tradition: a chartered fishing trip in the morning, the best ribs in the world for lunch, and the live draft in the evening. While this day is always amazing, one […]