From our campground we caught a commuter train into Chicago for a few hours.  We grabbed lunch and walked around quite a bit, taking in the ...

The first time I headed to Indiana Dunes State Park, a friend of mine told me to be sure to hike Trail #9.  Let me show you what makes it so...

I'm not quite sure how it happens to be August, but somehow the end of the summer snuck up on me and now we're thinking about back t...

This is a sponsored post for Trade Farm Machinery.  I have not purchased anything from their site, but the opinions below are my own, and ar...

1.  Driving across the state of Iowa on I-80, I was really tired of looking at corn.  So I was happy to see this interesting structure in th...

This is our second time visiting Indiana Dunes State Park (but first time for the twins).  We like it because there is a Nature Center, some...

Pierce wanted to go to the Air and Space museum more than anywhere else when we were in DC.    The boys were impressed with all the pl...