Category Archives: Historic Sites

Want a Room with a View? Rent a Fire Tower

To call it a room with a view is an understatement. The West Virginia state park system’s newest overnight accommodation was built to take in the most complete panorama possible of the Pocahontas County highlands and Greenbrier River Valley. The … Continue reading

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Get To Know Your Parks during National Park Week

Each spring the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks, invite everyone to celebrate National Park Week. This year, from April 20–28, YOU are invited to get to know your national parks. All national park … Continue reading

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Getaway to the Alabama Gulf Coast

Small towns on the Alabama Gulf Coast include Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Foley, Daphne, and Fairhope welcome RVers and offer outdoor adventures including hiking, biking, canoeing, and birding. Foley is a shopper’s paradise with a multitude of factory outlets as … Continue reading

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College Students Help Replant Bastrop State Park

Flash back to Labor Day weekend in 2011 when high winds spawned by a tropical storm in Louisiana combined with epic drought conditions to fuel the most damaging wildfire in Texas history in and around the Central Texas community of … Continue reading

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RV Around Texas

With 267,000 square miles of amazing opportunities and unforgettable destinations, an RV visit to Texas is always exciting. Our Texas RV Travel Bucket List continues. San Antonio River Walk The famed San Antonio River Walk is 2½ miles of beautifully … Continue reading

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Organizing an Amazing Trip for Your Music Students

Taking any group of young people abroad can be daunting. Incorporating musical performances can make it even more complicated, but with help you can arrange an unforgettable experience for your music students. This is how one group enjoyed their trip … Continue reading

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Texas RV Travel Bucket List

Texas is big, beautiful, and diverse. So much has been said about Texas—its sunny seacoast to mile-high mountains, dense forests to cactus-studded desert, great cities to small villages and towns, rich and diverse history, and the hallowed Shrine that represents her birthplace. … Continue reading

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More Free National Park Activities during Fee-Free Weekends

Like the National Park Service, concessioner Xanterra Parks & Resorts knows some of the best things in life are free. Xanterra has offered 15 ideas for free national park activities on fee-free weekends and throughout the year, according to a … Continue reading

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Free National Park Experiences during Fee-Free Weekends

Like the National Park Service, concessioner Xanterra Parks & Resorts knows some of the best things in life are free. Xanterra has offered 15 ideas for free national park activities on fee-free weekends and throughout the year, according to a … Continue reading

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2013 Fee Free Days at National Parks & Federal Lands

From sea to shining sea, the United States has some of the most breath taking national parks and scenic wonderlands. Every national park has very important significance embedded into the landscape and has been passed down for generations now and … Continue reading

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