Hike #9 for 2025 A NV State Park, Fort Churchill, hosted a “Trail Mixer” on National trail mix day, 8/31. They provided a humongous trail mix bar with a huge variety of nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and candy. After creating our own custom bags of trail mix, we went on a hike to trail test … Continue reading Trail Mix Hike
The Nevada State Parks department gives a free fifth grade adventure pass. Our youngest is in 5th grade this year and the pass is valid from August through August. Let’s see how many parks we can visit this year! Sand Harbor We made reservations for a day use parking spot on 9/14/24. It was $15. … Continue reading Nevada State Parks 2024-2025
We’ve driven past this state park on countless occasions . It’s about time we stopped to explore… The Donner Party is a tragic piece of California history. The museum at the visitor’s center was informative and interesting. Here’s a link for more information about the Donner Party. Donner Party Read-Aloud Book Suggestion: We read this … Continue reading Donner Memorial State Park – California
Hike #7 for 2025 We missed the co-op led hike this month and barely squeaked by getting my goal hike in this month. We hiked the Lakeside Interpretive Trail, there and back, for a total of 3 miles on a flat marked trail through pine trees along the lake shore. There were plenty of mosquitos … Continue reading Donner Memorial State Park – Hike
Hike #6 for 2025 This was another co-op organized hike. We were fortunate to get our favorite State Park Ranger to lead our group, and so this hike was super fun and super educational! Officer’s Quarters Storehouses Laundry Hospital Storehouse & Officer’s Quarters Making Adobe Bricks We walked less than a mile on flat packed … Continue reading Fort Churchill State Park – Hike
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