Visiting Our State Parks

Today hubby and I headed out to visit the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Park.  This year we are going to make a concerted effort to visit every state park in Nevada and complete the "state parks passport program" which rewards people who visit all of the parks with a free annual park entry for the following year.  For this year, we picked up an annual membership (with a senior discount!) in order to visit all of the parks (an annual senior membership costs only $30 while paying the individual entrance price could cost well over $100 if we visit every one of the parks).  Each of the parks in our state is unique in its own way and each park also hosts lots of cool activities--from ranger-led night hikes to a big cast iron cooking event that draws competitors from all over the west which will be happening at the Mormon Fort next month (needless to say we will probably drop in again just to check out this popular event!). 

P.S. since I can't resist sharing good links, today is National Pancake Day and IHOP is giving away free pancakes (more info on where to get your free pancakes here).