PETER & RUTH DO PARKS

The Boyd Tract at Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve has, in our humble opinion, one of North Carolina’s greatest treasures: the...

If we’re being 100% honest, in looking for day trips from the Triangle, we’d passed over the North Carolina State Parks' Weymouth Woods...

If you’ve been following along with us for a while, you may remember our post about White Deer Park in Garner, which we ADORE. While at...

Any longtime followers will know that we love the Triangle Land Conservancy's beautiful properties, and we can now confirm that their...

Fleming Loop Park definitely gets the award for having its thunder stolen by COVID-19. This beautiful park in Fuquay-Varina underwent an...

I don’t know about y’all, but we are willing to travel for a special playground, and the 35 minutes we spent to get to Knightdale Station...

Sassafras All Children’s Playground is undoubtedly one of the crowning jewels of the Raleigh Parks system, if not the Triangle as a...

The North Carolina Botanical Garden is a beautiful place to get out and have an adventure on a regular day, but now through December 6,...

Whether you say it peh-CON or PEA-can, make sure to not miss out on Pecan Pickin’ Month at Historic Oak View. The large field by the...

For whatever reason, we’ve been to Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve in Cary countless times, and we’ve never done a post about it. But now...

Earlier this year while attending a Durham Parks & Rec Fun Caravan event, we discovered Sandy Creek Park. If you’ve never been, now is a...

If you want our recommendation for the one local park you absolutely can’t miss this Fall, it’s Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area....

It’s honestly hard to say how many times we have seen photos of these iconic turtles at the Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD Nature Preserve,...

If at first you don’t succeed, try again! Admittedly, after my ankle injury 2 months ago, I was a bit nervous to “try again” at Harris...

Did you know that Raleigh has its own Mr. T? It’s true! (We should probably note that he’s a box turtle, but we’d still argue he’s part...

Places that have talking trees: Middle Earth, the Land of Oz, and Clemmons Educational State Forest in Clayton. (Unfortunately no hobbits...

Before posting about Jordan Lake Educational State Forest yesterday, we took another quick trip out there earlier this week to see if the...

How many parks can boast that they have a full-size helicopter that you can walk right up to and touch? We’d wager not too many! We think...

Probably the coolest piece of playground equipment we have ever seen can be found at Saxapahaw Island Park in the small town of...

Are you looking for a peaceful, easy stroll along a river? Or how about a wide, paved walkway where your kids can ride a bike and check...