Eugene Mahoney State Park outside of Omaha, Nebraska

Our summer wouldn't be complete without a trip to our favorite park. Labor Day weekend is still considered summer, right? Anyway, the past 4 (or 5 years) we can't remember we have camped at this wonderful state park outside of Omaha. This year, since we sold our camper, we stayed in the lodge. We all agreed, we did like the lodge a lot. I can't say enough great things about this park- it has so many things to do and everything is at a reasonable rate or free- gotta love that. Beautifully landscaped- with plants, flowers, trails, bridges and streams of water. Eric was a trooper- it may be a fall allergy person's nightmare- I think Eric may have sneezed over 500 times, but he did it with a smile- what a great dad!

The Indoor playland has two big ball pits. It is a 3 story structure- with slides, tunnels and all kinds of fun little play areas. The boys asked to go there twice and we stayed over 2 hours each time- love when they release their energy!

At the top of the observation tower- we saw this guy with a glider thing- it had a motor on it. It really fascinated us all- he even swooped by to give us a wave.

The lodge is where we stayed at this time. They have two large campgrounds where we have stayed in the past, plus they have all kinds of full service cabins. The one draw back is the place gets booked up fast. You can book a year in advance- and a lot of the cabins, campsites and lodge rooms are booked then.

The indoor playgound. Even adults can play!

The aquatic center is perfect for the age of our boys. They have this zero entrance play area, plus a wave pool, bigger slides, a diver board and a lap pool. It was mid 80's, but the pool is on top of a hill and it gets windy there- the reason Cale has a sweatshirt on- when you got out of the water it was a little chilly- didn't stop us from staying almost 5 hours.

We love miniature golf. Cale was pretty happy with 2 hole in ones!

We got to pet the horses, but have to be 6 years old to go on the trails on the horses, so we have to wait a few years before Cale can do that.

This year, they put in a new frisbee golf course. Love playing a little frisbee golf, we team up and do alternate shot, except the boys are figuring out that Eric is much better so I have trouble convincing anyone to be on my team!

A little mini botanical center- with a few critters that the boys get a kick out of. They keep everything looking so nice.

Well, I wonder if Mahoney State Park will pay me for advertising- I just love this place ( I know I said that already)- hope to go back next year.