Our first full day of FUN was PACKED in Texas! The only downer was that it was quite a bit colder than we were anticipating. It is chilly! But that doesn’t stop us from having a great time! Our first stop in San Antonio was to the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. There are …
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Day 2 of our family vacation began with another early start. Not quite as early as our first day but it was early enough. Luckily, it was only a 9 ½ hour driving day, so not quite as long as day 1. Everyone thought we were a little crazy to drive it, and I might …
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Our 2018 Berning Family Vacation has officially kicked off! We left early, early, early, Sunday morning. Mark and I got up at 3:00, got up and ready, filled up the cooler, got the kiddos in the car and pulled out at 3:30. We thought we would have a solid three or four hours of kiddos …
Fossil Butte National Monument
For Mark’s 35th Birthday, he wanted to drive over to Fossil Butte National Monument. It was SO interesting! They coined it “America’s Aquarium in Stone” and it did not disappoint! Some of the best preserved fossils in the world can be found there and they were incredible. The visitor’s center was a blast and they …
Zion National Park
We took a wonderful trip down to Zion National Park – tagging along with my family and had a great time! When we pulled into Springville the first afternoon it was beautiful! We got settled in our hotel and then grabbed some delicious Mexican food from Whiptail Grill. The next morning, Mark got up and …
Barataria Preserve
We headed over the Baratara Preserve {which is a part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve} and that place is WILD! One of the best parts of this trip was that it was so different from any other place we’ve been. We’ve never been in the South before and it was really fun …
French Quarter
You definitely can’t do Louisiana without doing the French Quarter of New Orleans! When we first got there we went into the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park in the French Quarter. We had to get our stamps in our passport! We then walked over to Jackson Square! This was quite easily my favorite part of …
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
We then left the wonderful state of North Dakota and headed to Montana. This was our cheat on our trip and we went to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. We knew that we will most likely be spending our Montana trip on the western side and so thought this would be a good opportunity to …
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
ALMOST every day of our trip I have thought, “today should be a pretty relaxed day” and even though we aren’t stressing or anything, I have been amazed at how much we have seemed to do throughout the day. We have taken longer to do the things I have planned {and not that that is …
Theodore Roosevelt National Park – North Unit
We then started making our trek north west. Once we learned that we would be driving right past the entrance to the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park {we had just done the south unit before} Mark KNEW he would regret it if we didn’t go in! So we hopped in and did the …