We hiked Stone Mountain State Park as part of our adventures with completing the North Carolina State Park Passport Program. After an early morning visit to the park's Widow's Falls and the previous day's hiking at Hanging Rock State Park we decided we could go for a bit more. We headed out on the Stone … Continue reading Stone Mountain State Park – Stone Mountain Loop Trail
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Stone Mountain State Park – Widows Falls
We visited Stone Mountain State Park this weekend as part of the North Carolina State Park Passport program. When we arrived Sunday morning we were met by a park ranger who told me that the visitor center was closed that day but she would be happy to answer any questions that we had before we … Continue reading Stone Mountain State Park – Widows Falls
Horne Creek Farm – Pilot Mountain State Park
After visiting Hanging Rock State Park we decided to head over to Pilot Mountain State Park for a few hours before going to the hotel for the evening. Instead......the GPS took us to this place - Horne Creek Living Historical Farm which is surrounded by the State Park but is not in fact, the Pilot … Continue reading Horne Creek Farm – Pilot Mountain State Park
Hanging Rock State Park
As part of our NC State Park Passport Adventures and my general love for hiking we took a trip to the mountains this past weekend. We arrived at Hanging Rock State Park at around 7:30 am on Saturday and decided that the only way we would make it up the Hanging Rock Trail was to … Continue reading Hanging Rock State Park
Adventures in Geocaching – Fort Fisher
We took a recent "last minute spur of the moment" type trip to the beach this past weekend and visited one of our FAVORITE North Carolina State Parks - Fort Fisher. My husband looooooooooves to fish out on the rocks, so while he was occupied with his favorite past time, my youngest and I decided … Continue reading Adventures in Geocaching – Fort Fisher
Adventures in Geocaching – Hagan-Stone Park
We spent two weekends in a row Geocaching in Hagan-Stone park and had an absolute blast. If you don't have any idea what Geocaching is then read up about it HERE. Be warned if you are caching with kids (especially little ones) - most of these geocaches were pretty far off of the trails and … Continue reading Adventures in Geocaching – Hagan-Stone Park
Hagan-Stone Park – Day Two
We had so much fun on our previous trip to Hagan-Stone Park that we decided to do a return trip the very next weekend. It was rainy and dreary on this particular day but that didn't stop us from exploring (and fishing lol). We checked out a few of the trails that we missed the … Continue reading Hagan-Stone Park – Day Two
Hagan-Stone Park – Day One
I have been a terrible blogger because we actually hiked this park on January 5th of this year and I am JUST now getting around to sharing it with you. We initially decided to check this one out because my husband was looking for a new place to fish that is close to our house. … Continue reading Hagan-Stone Park – Day One
Little River Regional Park & Natural Area
This past weekend I wanted to check out some trails that we had never hiked before and was looking for something near my friend's house in Roxboro since she had agreed to come with. After a quick bit of Google searching I decided on Little River Regional Park & Natural Area in Durham, North Carolina. … Continue reading Little River Regional Park & Natural Area
State Park Passport – Getting back our groove.
I know. I know. I have been really quiet. I have spent the last few months trying to piece my life back together after the death of my Dad and finding the energy to blog has been beyond my capabilities. The last few weeks have brought some beautiful sunshine filled days to North Carolina and … Continue reading State Park Passport – Getting back our groove.
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