We stayed at the Seminole Campground in Sequoyah State Park from the weekend before Christmas until Christmas Eve.
I tried to make the camper a bit more festive.
We were for in for a bit of surprise when we got there.
We were told that all trails were closed for the weekend for an open hunt.
I had already booked in advance and had no clue so it left me scrambling a bit to find things to do for two days.
Thankfully the nature center was open so we went there twice.
Since our main reason for staying at this park was to hike I was a bit disappointed and wished we had been told beforehand.
We filled our first full day with driving to the Sequoyah Bay State Park and driving to Muskogee to see Christmas lights.
Sequoyah Bay State Parks trail was very muddy and hard to find since the trail is not kept up well so we did not hike long.
The lights at Honor Heights Park were so pretty!
Great display!
I was excited to try to take some dramatic Christmas light pics with my kids…
Then I remembered who my kids are.
Pretty pics were not on their bucket list.
ha
I really liked making instant oatmeal in the camper.
After eating, we made another trip to the nature center and traveled to the J.T. Nickle Wildlife Preserve.
What a beautiful place to visit.
They have a scenic drive as well as hiking.
We had a beautiful spot on the lake.
Monday the trails opened and we decided to make up for lost time.
Our plan was to do a giant loop around the park but that proved difficult with several parts closed due to winter and flooding.
We did finally figure out how to park so that we could hike back to our camper to eat lunch and then hike a different way back to our vehicle for around 8 miles total.
I was smiling pretty big because our girls came running when they saw we were about to get a pic alone…
We had a few flooded parts of the trail we had to work around but we did mostly a loop.
The next morning we tried waffles for the first time in the camper and it was a huge hit!
We hiked the fossil trail for our last trail before heading home.
If is a great short trail if you have a fossil lover.
Do you camp for the holidays?
Only two of mine managed to make the “snow” the right consistency to make a snowball.
Everyone else just made a cup snowman.
Adding the watercolors to be able to see the path the salt was taking ended up being really interesting and they actually liked it.
We tried different types of salt and the girls figured out that the bigger chunks of salt were not the fastest at making the ice melt.
The site suggested making thin ice sheets but I did not have room in my freezer for 5 of those so I just used plastic cups and it worked fine.
Just be warned, if your child chooses red it will look like a crime scene…
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