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?
They have a new exhibit every couple of months (I believe) and right now they have Osage Wedding Dresses.
The kids love doing the scavenger hunt.
Their exhibits are so impressive.
They have a nice nature center also but it was not open.
We did the Hendon’s Highway loop in the Clear Bay Area from an alltrails.com recommendation but it was a little boring for most of the kids.
Most of my kids do better with something to climb on.
We all fit!
If I had it to do again I would have skipped this because it ended up being a long detour but I loved being on that mist covered mountain.
Beautiful.
The whole hike was so beautiful.
Made it!
This one was pretty close to our route home already but I was still not sure we should add even more to our trip especially with the weather turning cold and rainy.
But it ended up being stunning.
So many birds!
We saw that one of my favorite bridges was broken.
