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Three Rivers State Park FL to Reed Bingham State Park GA Driving Directions, Details & Pictures
Reed Bingham State Park, GA, April 2026 Park Notes: Campsite Selection: Many pull through sites. The problem is that quite a few have shared driveways or you have to backout due to the turn being too sharp. Below are the best guess sites for selection. Driving Directions (133 miles) If we drove this again, John…
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Amazing Sunset
Hillsdale State Park, KS, November 2025 Our current campsite has great sunset views from the living room windows. I have gone out multiple times just to enjoy and try to get a decent picture. I’ve finally succeeded at getting a good to great sunset picture. Cleo did not like being left inside. So, I put…
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Fall Fest Hillsdale State Park
Hillsdale State Park, KS, November 2025 John and I have noticed that State Parks with “Friends of the Park” groups who focus on generating money to make park improvements tend to be nicer parks. In 2025, Hillsdale State Park started a “Friends of the Park” group. The Friends Group started a camp store where proceeds…
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Relaxation!
Hillsdale State Park, KS, November 2025 Sunday was a great day to hang out at the trailer and enjoy almost warm weather. We started the day with biscuits, bacon and egg sandwiches while watching “The Great British Sewing Bee” on Roku. When it was warm enough to enjoy the “Great Outdoors” (with no grizzly stories…
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Town Square Craft Show
Paola, KS, November 2025 I am notorious about finding local activities. Today was no different. Paola Kansas is about 10 miles from Hillsdale State Park. The town has a population of around 5,800 people. The main street stores surround the Town Park. Since it was just Halloween, John immediately noticed the sign “Potawatomi Trail of…
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Bluebird Trail
Hillsdale State Park, KS, October 2025 This week has been and will be a week of rain. It rained Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Rain is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. The Sun will hopefully come out on Thursday in time for us to prepare to move to a different campsite within the same park. Today…
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Trunk or Treat!
Hillsdale State Park, KS, October 2025 If you don’t give a treat, does that mean you end up in a trunk? John mentioned this in the pumpkin carving post. Hillsdale State Park, Kansas is having their 3rd annual Trunk or Treat. The trunk or treat was originally only in the full hook up loop. The…
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Not Yo Momma’s Jack-o-lanterns!
Hillsdale State Park, KS, October 2025 They have a Trunk-or-Treat at the park in late October, and Kate wanted to participate. She bought 140 Little Hugs juice containers to give out, and she wanted to decorate. The decoration will be pretty minimal; we bought a few cheap pumpkin yard ornaments and two pumpkins to carve.…
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Vanilla Filled Doughnuts
Lawrence, KS, October 2025 We made these donuts many years ago and I had a note on the recipe “good recipe”. Both John and I like donuts and have had success with them once. I’m hoping that we will become pros in the future. Doughnuts Ingredients Directions Vanilla Filling Ingredients Instructions
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Lawrence Farmers Market
Lawrence, KS October 2025 Lawrence, Kansas has the oldest running Farmers Market in Kansas. The market started in 1976 with 3 farmers selling vegetables from the back of their trucks. Now the market has 49 vendors. Many of the vendors are still selling agriculture products ranging from vegetables, fruits, honey, meats, mushrooms, flowers, etc. The…