Last summer, my husband’s cousin invited our family to join her family, and spend a day at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield IL. Admission is roughly $30 per adult, and $21 per child, ages 3 to 11. Parking was $17 […]
Harvester Park – Burr Ridge, Illinois – 12/23
For Christmas this past year, we headed west to visit family outside Chicago. The weather was a bit gray and rainy, but it didn’t stop us from getting outside a number of times during our stay. The temps ranged between […]
Beverly Triton Nature Park – Edgewater, MD – 1/24
My family and I decided to kick off the new year with a first day hike at Beverly Triton Nature Park in Edgewater, MD. We had been to Beverly Triton before, but hadn’t been since the park closed for renovations. […]
Bailey Park / Lake Kittamaqundi / Color Burst Park – Columbia, MD – 6/23
On a beautiful, but somewhat chilly, Monday morning, Pebble and I set off for Columbia, MD to check out two newer parks that had been added up there. The first park we went to was Bailey Park on Lake Kittamaqundi, […]
Greenbrier State Park – Boonsboro, MD / Mt. Tabor Park – Rocky Ridge, MD
Summer is winding down, and, after the rough start to summer vacation, my family decided our summer would end on a high note with whatever family adventures we could squeeze in. First up on quest for fun was Greenbrier State […]
Quiet Waters Park – Annapolis, MD – 5/23
From May 6th to May 30th, Quiet Waters Park and the Friends of Quiet Water Park Sculpture Committee hosted a fairy house event inside the park. Fairy Houses, created by local families and school groups, were on display along the […]
Millard Cooper Park – Sykesville, MD – 7/23
I can count on one hand how many blog posts I’ve written this summer. The lack of posts doesn’t mean we haven’t been going on adventures… In fact, we’ve been very busy, with lots of travel. It is simply that […]
Mayo Beach Park – Edgewater, MD – 5/23
The Anne Arundel County Library System often has fun events planned, and the one I spotted on their homepage in early May was a collaboration between the AACLS and the rangers at Mayo Beach Park in Edgewater, MD. Participants would […]
Glen Allen Park – Bowie, MD – 5/23
When I heard about a playground in Bowie that had undergone a recent renovation, Pebble and I decided to go check it out. Glen Allen Park can be accessed two ways. If you type Glen Allen Park into your GPS, […]
Salisbury Zoo – Salisbury, MD – 4/23
Late in April, the older girls had a day off from school, so we decided to do a family adventure. I had heard about the Salisbury Zoo out in Salisbury, MD, and discovered that there was a large playground right […]