Creating Family Connections One RV Adventure at a Time
In honor of National Park Week this week, we thought it would be fun to highlight some of our favorite tips related to visiting our nation’s amazing parks. So over the next few days we will be curating our favorite content aimed at helping you plan your next great adventure. To start off, we’re talking about the one thing we think you should do at every national park: Note:
The National Park Service is turning 100 in 2016, and to celebrate, on 16 days in 2016 national park sites that normally charge an entrance fee will offer free admission to everyone. Last summer when we went out West, we racked up about $60 in park fees, so visiting on a fee-free day is quite a savings! (If you plan to visit a number of national parks in a
Kristin briefly mentioned in her recent Penny pinching (for souvenirs!) post that I have started collecting hiking stick medallions from the parks we visit. Last year while visiting Fort Necessity National Battlefield and looking for a Christmas ornament I had noticed that the park office sold hiking stick medallions. When I returned home I did some investigating and discovered that national and state parks often sell hiking stick medallions in their gift
If you asked our kids what their favorite part about traveling is, they would not even hesitate before replying, “Camping and earning Junior Ranger badges!” We first discovered the National Park Service’s Junior Ranger program on our 2015 West trip when we visited Devil’s Tower, Yellowstone, Mount Rushmore, and the Badlands. At each site the kiddos worked to earn their first badges, and from then on they
Starting with the 2015-2016 school year, if you have a fourth grader at home, your family qualifies for a free, one-year pass to the national parks and other federal lands. The offer is part of a new initiative, Every Kid in a Park, aimed at getting children back outside and introducing them to the natural beauty and history of our country. According to statistics the
For many families making their rounds of the Utah 5 National Parks, a visit to Bryce Canyon is a highly anticipated stop. With its sweeping vistas and spectacular hikes, Bryce offers something for everyone. But with most of the camping options concentrated immediately around Bryce, families that want to escape the crowds and explore Bryce…
For many families planning a trip to the Utah region, their itineraries often center on hitting the high points of iconic stops like Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, and Arches. Several lesser-known parks are also worth the stop, though, and for families looking for ways to escape the crowds, Cedar Breaks National Monument should be on…
