This post represents another installment in the series detailing
the first of our three cross country National Parks camping trips.
If there is such a thing as a “professional road tripper,” all
four members of our family might qualify for that distinction. On our first date, Alan and I went for a
drive and that pretty much started our road tripping career. Luckily, our two kids (now ages 18 and 23) took to the open road
quite easily when they were young and each has since driven, alone, on a long distance trip to a
destination several states away from home.
Since many of our days on the road were long ones on these cross country
trips (which, I understand, doesn’t work for everyone), we always tried to find
something of interest to the kids that would break up the day. As we made our way north from Buffalo Shores
Campground in Iowa on a hot summer day, I spotted Clear Lake State Park on the
map.
