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Adventures

Tips, tricks, and inspiration to get you outside and exploring.

Our Family – Moving from Good to Great

Deep within in me, there is a desire to make a substantial difference.  A desire to supersede all expectations for ...
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Snow Mountain Ranch: A perfect (and affordable) family getaway!

Imagine discovering a place where you could do pretty much any winter snow adventure all at the same place. Where ...
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We’re MOVING…and heading out on our greatest adventure yet!

Things have been pretty quiet here on the blog for the last couple weeks, as you’ve noticed.  No we’re not ...
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Westwater Canyon – When the Worst Likely Scenario Comes True

We couldn’t let winter jump on us without one more grand adventure.  So what did we do, we took  Mason ...
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Vedauwoo: A Hidden Gem in the Vastness of Wyoming

If you’ve ever driven across Wyoming on I-80, you know it’s really not much worth talking about.  That is unless ...
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Learning to kayak and letting my kids watch me fail

Trapped.  Upside down.  In a boat.  Underwater. There are few things in life that are more terrifying to me than ...
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Bringing Kids on Multi-day Raft Trips – Desolation Canyon Trip Report

Adventure, lizards, swimming, exploring, sand, and undistracted parents…what more could a kid want. For that matter, what more could I want ...
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An Adventure Love Story

I’ll readily admit that I’m a sucker for a good love story.  You know, the kind the kind that will ...
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How to Make an Adventure Friendly Home

We all remember the cool house.  The friend’s house as we were growing up that we loved to go to ...
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5 Ways to be a more Adventurous MOM

ad·ven·ture/adˈvenCHər/  Noun:  An unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity. Let’s face it:  Mom’s get a bad rep in ...
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What NOT to do on adventures with kids

I’m sure we have some readers who look at what we do with our kids, shake their heads and think, ...
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Backpacking with kids part 4: Tips for the trail

As you take kids off the beaten path, your going to expect adventure, chaos and challenges.  Our three day trip ...
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Backpacking with kids part 3: packing

Today’s the big day!  We are so excited about this trip.  What I really mean is that packing is a ...
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Backpacking with kids part 2: Selecting your destination

This is honestly one of our favorite parts of going on a trip – choosing where to go.  We truly ...
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