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?
It was pretty short but with this short hike and walking around the park I felt extra confidence to attempt taking all five of my kids into a store.
We survived the store and I actually felt so good we ran into ANOTHER STORE!
I know! Crazy, right?
We played outside until dark because I feel better outside.
We were not there at a great time to see animals and I could not find a good place to go for a walk so we went to the Sequoyah State Park nearby.
They want to going camping there now.
The girl at the nature center was awesome with my kids and their thousands of questions.
