Day Hiker Grammie

If you are new to my blog, I welcome you to Day Hiker Grammie.  My blog as well as my YouTube and Facebook sites are about travel, hiking and camping.  Last weekend, my family and I spent Easter weekend camping at Lake Mineral Wells State Park.  It was a fun filled weekend that I enjoyed immensely.  I absolutely love camping and I think it's a shame that I discovered it so late in my life!  today's blog is going to be about our experiences out at Lake Mineral Wells and what I learned from it. We arrived out at Lake Mineral Wells early in the afternoon on Good Friday and set up camp.  Luckily, we've had a little practice with this and we had some great help from my nephew so it didn't take long to get the camp in tiptop shape.  Since we still had plenty of daylight hours left, we decided to go hiking so we hit the trail.  Here are some great pics of the trail and the spectacular view from the summit. Probably the most important...

Hi, there and welcome to Day Hiker Grammie. Today I'd like to write about our latest camping trip. When it comes to camping, my brother's family and my grandchildren, my oldest son and I do some family trips together.  It was quite a crew that packed up and headed out with 6 adults, 1 teenager, and three kids between 10 and 11. This year, we had a non-traditional Easter celebration.  We loaded up the crew and went to Lake Mineral Wells State Park.  This little gem of a park is located bout an hour west of Fort Worth so it's perfect for a weekend getaway. It's remote enough that nature surrounds you and you do not hear traffic sounds but close enough to civilization that if you forget something the nearest store is 15 minutes away.  We return here at least once a year because it's a great park to stay in.  It's kept clean. The staff is outstanding and the amenities are decent.  Plus, the rates won't break your budget. The park has reasonable prices for the...

Hello and welcome!  My name is Lisa and I am Day Hiker Grammie.  I am the proud grandmother of 7 grandchildren!  Most of them call me Grammie!   My grandchildren are my favorite traveling companions and they travel with me as often as time and budget allows. When I created my YouTube channel, it was initially going to be about hiking and camping.  Hence the name, Day Hiker Grammie.  However, I have a general love of travel as well as hiking and camping so I decided I would just blog about and make videos of all my adventures.  You can find me on YouTube under Day Hiker Grammie. Recently, I found myself unemployed.  Not the most ideal position to be in but perhaps it is the ideal time to create a channel and a blog that talks about the things that I love to do the most.  I love to travel. I like to go hiking. I like to camp.  I find myself in a unique position to do a little of everything before I have to knuckle in and commit myself ...