Personal Blog Highlighting Adventures in the Greater Raleigh Parks, Playgrounds & Greenways
Phew! Where did the Fall season go?! It’s almost December, but the recent warmer afternoon weather makes me reminisce about our amazing summer adventures with family and friends. Even though we didn’t cross off everything from our 2017 Bucket List, we explored so many new (to us) places in the mountains and at the beach. We … Read more
Most of us have a bucket list of some type. Whether it’s a list we’ve written down or something we recall from memory, it’s something personal to everyone. Since moving to Raleigh nine years ago, my bucket list has always been a random list of things I remember only when I’m passing by a certain … Read more
Part of my summer bucket list for the past few years included a trip to the Durham Farmers’ Market. Unfortunately, we never made time to visit Durham during the summer (unless it was for a Bulls game) until this summer. A few weeks ago we had an atypically quiet weekend at home so we decided to head … Read more
I carry my childhood close to my heart. I didn’t really realize what effect it had on me until later in life, when I started having kids and after my mom’s passing. Several times I find myself wondering what I was like at ages that correspond to my kids’ ages. I love re-visiting special places … Read more
Last month we surprised the girls with a trip to Disney that we’d been planning for over four months. We took them geocaching at Eastgate Park where we hid a cryptic message near the geocache that they had to solve. They instinctively worked together solving the message, thereby proving Disney’s magic transcends to sisterhood. After … Read more
Last summer we met up with Virginia friends at a convenient campground with easy beach access. We needed a place with rental cottages and RV spots, and after researching places we decided on North Landing Beach RV Resort. If you haven’t been to North Landing Beach (aka the NLB), it’s a little slice of heaven … Read more
Optimist Park recently completed renovations to their playground. Renovations were possible through earmarked funding and prioritization. The new space is closer to the front of the community center and features new equipment with a nature theme that ties in nicely with the park’s forested area. Though I’ll always cherish memories of my oldest as a … Read more
Last summer Bill and I biked by this “beachy” section of the Neuse River Trail and vowed we’d make it back with the kids on a bike ride someday. That someday was this summer, with Ashley leading the pack on her big girl bike and Claire chomping on snacks in the bike trailer. The Neuse River … Read more
I had never been out to Lake Wheeler Park until this summer and I can’t wait to return. For the most part, Lake Wheeler is similar to Lake Johnson except that it doesn’t have a paved trail surrounding it, but does have much more extensive boating, picnicking and playground areas. Lake Wheeler Park is located … Read more