The adventure spirit runs dep in my family. So deep that even Pippy, the cat, has that wanderlust look in her eye!
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Cascade River National Park in northern Minnesota is an amazing park with many scenic hiking trails. Almost 3000 acres, it's grand waterfalls and assortment of birch, spruce and white cedar trees make it a must see in the Fall.
Assateague Island is amazing for so many reasons. You get to camp right on the beach...you see wild ponies and deer wandering right there among the campsites...Imagine falling asleep at night to the sound of the ocean lulling you to sleep.
Snow Lake is a 2.5 mile, or about a two hour hike from the off-road car park. It is easy to moderate, with a series of slight ridges to cross, ascending and descending into meadows and glacial lakes reaching Bench Lake after ¾ mile, then continuing another ½ mile to Snow Lake.
Lake Casitas is a midsize lake with camping, boating, water adventure park, fishing and other events.
Balmorhea State Park, in the wild big empty of West Texas, is a road trip oasis. With a cushy campground and a retro hacienda-style hotel on site, you'll want to stay multiple days to enjoy the park's star attraction - a giant, spring fed swimming hole.
great place to fish and swim and boating>
If you want to get away from the crowds of 80,000+ people for just a moment and see a great view of the festival grounds, the ferris wheel is the way to go. Bonnaroo 2008 was madness (the good kind)!
Wadi Rum (Arabic: وادي رم) is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southwest Jordan. It is the largest wadi in Jordan.