Solo Parent Camping Trip – And 5 Tips

It’s usually about mid-February that I start itching to travel. The weather starts teasing us with Spring-like days followed by days of snow. Winter is still hanging on, but I’ve been getting seed catalogs in the mail since before Christmas, begging me to start planning my garden. Cabin-fever has set in. This year it set…

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Roadtrip 2015 – Hickory Run State Park and Boulder Field

After leaving Ricketts Glen State Park, we headed south. We made it to Hickory Run State Park where we stopped for the night. We set up camp and walked down to the little fishing area where Matt had no luck until he baited for a particularly small fish hanging out near the shore and caught…

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Roadtrip 2015 – Ricketts Glen State Park

We got a very late start. No matter how much you plan, you can’t plan everything. Exhibit A: we hadn’t even left the driveway and plans were changed – twice. Finally, it was decided that due to our late start we would spend our first night in the Allegheny National Forest, and from there go…

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Missing The Good Ol’ Days

I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of jealous of all these kids that are off for the summer to run and play and explore all day long. Why did I ever think that being a grown-up would be so much better? I’m longing for the days when I’d be out with my brothers…

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National Aviary in Pittsburgh

Before we headed into the strip district last Saturday, we stopped at the Aviary. I had wanted to go to the Science Center, but we were worried that it would be to young for us. I kind of wish we had done that. The Aviary ended up being a little disappointing. For our $13 each…

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