Tag - Travel

Spend All Day at Swallow Falls State Park!

Our next adventure brought us to the state of Maryland. We wanted to see some waterfalls of course, which brought us to Swallow Falls State Park. The park is notable for its stand of old hemlock trees, some are more than 300 years old. The day couldn’t have been more perfect when it came to the weather and sunshine! The water was...

Cascade Park in Ohio

Another 24 hour adventure in the books! This was an exhausting 24 hours for sure this trip but it ended beautifully. I had a couple meetings near Sandusky, Ohio for work which led us to driving all night to the border of Ohio. The trip on the way to Sandusky only took about 3.5 hours avoiding tolls. After completing my meetings, we...

Buttermilk Falls Natural Area

There are many different waterfalls in Pennsylvania called Buttermilk Falls, but the one we are talking about today is quite special as the land was once owned by Fred McFeely, the grandfather of Fred Rogers, who of course we know as Mister Rogers. As a child he spent time here at his grandfathers cottage. Getting to the Buttermilk Falls...

Lanterman’s Mill in the Winter

We haven’t gone on an adventure together since last year – actually only a couple months but Happy New Year! Kayla decided to go on a cold adventure by herself one day just to play with her camera but we decided the next week to go on a very… very cold adventure. 5 degree windchill didn’t hold us back from our trip. It...

Visiting Freedom Falls

With the cold weather setting in Kayla and I definitely needed one more adventure before the holidays and winter. Since it was already getting pretty cold we decided to pick a place that was relatively close, this place ended up being Freedom Falls, which is about an hour and a half away from Pittsburgh in Kennerdell, PA. When you get on...

PA’s Hidden Oasis (Big Spring)

**UPDATE** It has come to our attention that someone vandalized the rocks at Big Spring. For this reason we have updated this post and removed directions on how to get there since it is on private property. It feels good to be lost in the right direction. It was also to find one of the most beautiful places we have gone together. Even...