The water is cool, clear and easy to tread as you make your way to the center of the river to view this annual Alabama treasure.
Category: Fitness
Exploring Shawnee National Forest, Illinois Garden of the Gods + Earn a Junior Forest Ranger badge
If you’re ever in Southern Illinois you must make a stop in Shawnee National Forest to hike. When you think of Illinois you might only think of the main attractions in the northern area...
Tips for visiting Congaree National Park with kids + Don’t miss the Junior Ranger Badge
Congaree National Park just south of Columbia, South Carolina is worth a detour off I-20 if you’re ever in the area. Dedicated National Park enthusiast know this is South Carolina’s only National Park. It’s...
Tips for Hiking Foster Falls at South Cumberland State Park, Tennessee
During the fall we chased colorful leaves and flowing waterfalls one weekend in South Cumberland State Park in Tennessee. We hiked down to the bottom of Foster Falls. A challenging, slippery and fun hike...
Hiking Tennessee State Parks Great Stone Door, Greeter Falls & Laurel Falls with children
There’s a section of the Savage Gulf Natural Area in Tennessee that is packed with enough hiking to satisfy anyone’s need for woodland therapy. From steep trails, rocky cliffs to incredible views and flowing...
Climbing and hiking at Perry Lakes Park and Birding Tower Marion, Alabama
Have you ever been to Perry Lakes Park in Marion? It’s a cool swamp with a restored 100 foot fire tower in the heart of Perry County, AL. We hiked through the swamp then...
High Point Climbing & Fitness Birmingham Review, Tips & Ways to save
Sometimes climbing rock walls, foam columns and nets can be therapeutic. Sometimes it wears you out completely. If you’re lucky it will do both. Recently the kids hit the walls at High Point Climbing...
Hiking beneath the falls: Frozen Noccalula Falls Gadsden, Alabama Winter 2018
Hiking is always therapeutic for our family. It never fails being on the trails always makes us forget about stresses, focus on exploring God’s creation and enjoying funny things we see or think of...
TopGolf Birmingham Review, Tips & Ways to save money
If you’re thinking about taking a swing at TopGolf Birmingham (or any new location) then go ‘fore’ it. See what I did there? Here is my review of Birmingham’s newest addition: The facility is...
Hiking: Irondale Furnance Ruins Trial in Mountain Brook, AL
Irondale Furnace Ruins Trail is an easy hike through the woods, by a creek and into the Civil War history of Birmingham. This blast furnace was built under a contract with the CSA to...