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Camping, Hiking, National Forest, Outdoors, Parks, Wildlife Preserve/Reserve

Spring RV Trip 2018!

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We got back from an RV trip to Indiana last Saturday!

Because I am going to be a little while editing, I thought I would share a quick rundown of all the stops!

1st stop is Roubidoux Spring Campground and RV Park, MO!

2nd stop Cohokia, IL (near St. Louis)

3rd stop Turkey Run State Park, IN (we stayed here several nights)

While there we went to my sister in-law’s baby shower and visited with family.

4th stop McCormick’s Creek State Park, IN

5th stop Yellowwood State Forest (we stayed one night)

6th stop Hemlock Cliffs, Hoosier National Forest, IN

7th stop Spring Mill State Park, IN

 

8th stop Lynnville Park Campground, IN (stayed one night)

9th stop Shawnee National Forest, Garden of the Gods, MO

10th stop Trail of Tears State Park, MO (stayed one night)

11th stop Bollinger Mill, MO

12th stop Big Spring, MO (stayed one night)

13th (and final) stop Wilson’s Creek Battlefield

We saw some amazing sights and had some epic fails!

Can’t wait to share them both with you!

Here is a map of our route!

Camping, Hiking, Running

The “Leap of DOOM!” ~Lake McMurtry

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My oldest girl and Nick ran in the Lake McMurtry run last month!
This was the only hike I went on. Some camping trips are not as great as others. This place is beautiful it just ended up being a harder trip.

These signs were fun though from the race! She listened to the signs and thought it was too big of a jump. They always make a big deal of this jump. The hype get’s bigger every year. “I’m a camera!” Cutest camera ever! I guess I went on two hikes technically. Nick dropped me off while we were driving and I walked the rest of the way. Sometimes a peaceful walk is just what I need.

This was our second time camping here.

It is really a beautiful campground!

Maybe next time we can hike more of it!

If you want to see more of our hike (including my littlest’s camera work) check out the video!

Camping, Parks

Hidden Cove Park and Marina ~Rving with 5 kids (Dallas Area)

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We stayed at Hidden Cove Park and Marina just outside of Dallas.

I wanted to stay at Cedar Hill State Park but since it was spring break weekend, they were full.

I may have panicked for a while when I realized I needed to find a campsite on spring break weekend…

Thankfully Hidden Cove had empty spots and was a good price $35 a night for water and electric.

They even had some trails at the park which was nice for running off some of the kids’ crazy energy after the long drive.

One of my kids thought to poke a giant mound of dirt with a stick was a great idea until hundreds of ants came pouring out…

Thankfully none got on her.

She thought they were though and it took a while to convince her otherwise.

Hopefully, she will not poke mounds of dirt again.

These two were pretty adorable.

These are pretty accurate portraits of what my kids are like…

My littlest is really into boots in the shot or glaring.

She thinks it is really funny.

This ended up being a really pretty park!

I was going to share what we did while in Dallas in this post also but it would be too long so I will have to share that next!

I spent Saturday alone with all 5 kids in and around Dallas while Nick was at a conference so it was interesting!