Last October, I was inspired. I was inspired to outfit the family and venture on a multi-day point-to-point backpacking trip. I even went so far as to buy a book on the Colorado Trail. Unfortunately, with a late wet spring, our window of opportunity closed before it even opened. My inspiration failed to become a […]
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Best Campgrounds in North America: Western Colorado Edition
Today’s post is just one of many written by a great (amazing! incredible!) group of outdoor moms, of which I am lucky to be a part. While I’m covering a few of our favorite campgrounds in Western Colorado, links at the end of this post will take you from Alaska to Canada and South. […]
Much Ado To Do Nothing (Book Review, too)
We went camping over the long Labor Day weekend. The boys started school two weeks earlier, and were, as I learned to say during my stint in England, “knackered.” Actually so were we parents. Still we had big ambitions and packed accordingly: hiking boots, mountain bikes (and all the helmets, gloves and shoes that go with […]
Campfire Cuisine: Dutch Oven Beef Stew
Today’s post was inspired by Melissa, over at Adventure Tykes. She recently asked a group of us, all of whom are outdoor bloggers, to share a favorite family camping recipe and link it back to her post. Sure, there are many, many places to find Campfire Cuisine on the Internet, but not all of them […]