Today we would like to share some of our favorite playgrounds we have visited in Lake Norman throughout the years we have lived here. We hope you like our selection and enjoy them just as mush as we have and still are. #1 Robbins Park Robbins Park is located on 17738 W Catawba Ave, Cornelius, NC 28031. It is a […]
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Fun Filled Adventure For All Ages at Morrow Mountain State Park
A little over an hour drive from the city of Charlotte, NC brings you to this little known destination that is sure to impress you with stunning views of the the Yadkin Valley, Lake Tillery and surrounding landscape, especially when the leaves have all fallen off the trees. There are about nine trails to choose from at the Morrow Mountain […]
Lake Norman State Park Hiking With Young Kids
UPDATED AUGUST 2022 Covering over 32,475 acres and with 520 miles of shoreline and a surface area the man-made Norman Lake in North Carolina is known as the “inland sea” and has been a travel destination for over 50 years and a reliable source of power and water for the region. When we first moved to Charlotte and were researching […]
Is the Carolina Renaissance Festival Worth a Visit?
We had no idea when we first moved to North Carolina that we’ll be that close to a Renaissance Festival and not just any, but one of the biggest in the country. We continuously made plans year after year to go visit, but because we’ve never been to one, and having no idea what it’s like, we wanted to check […]
TRAIL GUIDE: Pilot Mountain
UPDATED FEBRUARY 2023 Chances are if you have driven around Yadkin Valley in North Carolina you have seen the Pilot Mountain Pinnacle towering over the surrounding landscape reaching for the clouds. This distinctive nature wonder was used for navigational purposes for hundreds of years by Native Americans and European settlers and it is easy to see why while looking at […]