Penelope Percival Travels

March 22, 2021

How To Find Birds At Fairfield Lake State Park

Fairfield Lake State Park is a place of peace and enjoyment. It was also a place that I just relaxed by the lake and did nothing for several days. It was a sweet place to have a fire and play with Olive Oil. We did a few hikes but we just needed rest. After traveling down to the boarder area […]

Texas 4 min read

March 17, 2021

Why You Will Never Want To Leave Palmetto State Park

Palmetto State Park is enchanting and magical place to visit. Something is in the air here that makes the worst day turn lovely. It is a place to visit with people and a place to escape depending on your mood. The State Park has several different areas to visit. One area overlooks this valley. There is not a lot of […]

Texas 5 min read

March 15, 2021

How To Find A 1930s Amusement Park at Rainbow Springs State Park

Rainbow Springs State Park is partly man made and partly nature. The site once was the home of mammoths, Native American, and a town named Juliette which helped mine phosphate in the area. But in the 1930s, it became a theme park with glass boat rides, a zoo, a monorail, a rodeo, and more. But the theme park closed in […]

Florida 3 min read

March 12, 2021

How To Swim with the Manatees at Fanning Springs State Park & Fanning Fort Historical Park

Fannings Spring State Park and Fort Fanning Historical Park are two great places of beauty, wildlife, and history. Over 14,000 years ago, the park was used by the Paleo Indians for fishing, hunting, and enjoyment. Over 2,000 year ago, the Native Americans used this area for food, shelter, and enjoyment. The harbor would be used for Steamboats and a Fort […]

Florida 4 min read

March 5, 2021

How To Hike The Emperor Run Trail At Choke Canyon State Park

Choke Canyon State Park is full of wild life which can be spotted at every turn. It also has two different Units which include Calliham and South Shore, i.e. they are about a half mile to a mile apart. Calliham Unit The Calliham Unit is full of camp sites, cabins, hiking, a boat ramp, a beach, and so much more. […]

Texas 2 min read

March 4, 2021

How To Balance Rocks At Trough Creek State Park

Trough Creek State Park is a place that I want to go back too. I loved my time here but I believe that my ankle was hurt because I know that I was limiting the hiking that I was doing. But as you can see from the three pictures above the place is lovely and this is just as you […]

Pennsylvania 7 min read

March 3, 2021

How To Find A Native Fishing Village, A Fort, A Canal System, And A Service Station At One Place Fort Hunter Mansion And Park

Fort Hunter Mansion and Park is just outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The history of the area goes back over 9,000 years as a fishing village for Native Americans to a grist and mill settlement to a Fort to frontier village to part of the Pennsylvania canal system to a dairy farm. A walk around this park is a loop into history. […]

Pennsylvania 7 min read

March 2, 2021

How To Find The Perfect Picnic Place Burr Oak State Park and Tom Jenkins Dam

Burr Oak State Park and Tom Jenkins Dam is a place to get away from it all. It is a great place to boat, picnic, spend time with family, swim, and/or hike. But the different areas to picnic area almost unlimited. This is a perfect little area across from the lake but far enough away from other is enjoy family […]

Ohio 1 min read

March 1, 2021

Sherman’s “March To The Sea” At Fort McAllister State Park

Fort McAllister was created to protect Savannah during the Civil War. The land was on McAllister’s farm and he created the Fort with his slaves and other southern troops that he commanded. The Fort was very slow at first and really was just a camping area with lots of bugs biting the troops. But it would have two major events […]

Georgia 4 min read

February 22, 2021

Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, And The Badlands-Journal October 2020

October 7, 2020 Today started with a question. The question was where to go! I started with Walmart to get plastic bin drawers, but they did not have them. But I got a bit of food, therefore, one less stop later. But I could not think where I wanted to go for the next two to three weeks. The timeline […]

Journal Entries 33 min read

The Year of Anticipation 2023!

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