PETER & RUTH DO PARKS

A few weeks ago, we asked if our followers would be interested in visits to more historic locations, and the answer was overwhelmingly...

Once upon a time when Peter was very little and I didn’t want to wake him up after he fell asleep in the car, I was driving around...

What better way to celebrate Independence Day than visiting Independence Tree? The Independence Tree is just one amazing piece of history...

Anderson Point Park lured us in with these adorable bird houses by the entrance sign, but ended up providing so much more! There’s not...

Everybody loves to hear about hidden gems (which we are always on the hunt for), but we also love to cover places we like to call...

Looking for a low-key, paved greenway, that also has big open spaces for kids to run? The Crabtree Creek Greenway in Morrisville has got...

BAAAAHHHH. We are so excited to share with you what has probably become Peter’s new favorite park: the Jack Smith Park. This hidden gem...

Still looking for something to do for Father’s Day? Have a dad who likes cars, the outdoors, history, or all of the above? Then historic...

One of our favorite parts of living in North Carolina is the opportunities it provides to learn about American history. And because North...

This first photo is one we actually took the week we moved to the Triangle because we thought the scene with the bridge was so stunning....

If you’ve been following our page for a while, you probably know that we have a little bit of a history of searching for things in...

Like many families right now, we’ve been scouring the Triangle to find some hidden gems where we could be out in nature and away from the...

While we have abundant sunshine (and heat!) now, the past few weeks certainly were rainy ones here in the Triangle. Thankfully during...

The past few parks we’ve been to have generally had a steady stream of people also enjoying the trails, so when we were at North Cary...

Which is a better caption? “Let my people go!” or “I’m king of the world!” :) But in all seriousness, we had a great time at Bass Lake...

Lake Lynn is a place we’ve heard about over and over again in various parent Facebook groups, so we figured it was time to check it out...

Morrisville Community Park is actually one of the first parks we remember noticing a sign for when we moved here almost 3 years ago...

We were so excited that North Carolina State Parks are reopening that we decided to celebrate by going to one today that was new to us -...

I spy with my little eye.... a horse! And a Peter. We’ve been pulling out our Town of Cary parks, bike trails, and greenways map...

Yesterday, we found probably our best outdoor social distancing spot yet: the hiking trails at Apex Nature Park at 2600 Evans Road in...