Category: Car Camping
Exposure to a New World
This may have been the most adventurous trip we took this year. It involved rafting, portaging a raft, hiking, and canoeing, as well as, coordinating all the components to work together. Also, I hadnâ... Read More
A New Adventure
Last year while I was at Elk Lake with the kids, Will went to a seminar about life’s endless possibilities. As we discussed what we talked about as possible we both agreed we should travel. We resea... Read More
Mt. Lassen National Park
A few years ago as we were on our way to Yosemite National Park we drove by a little known park called Mt. Lassen. It was late June and the park was still closed. The park is high in the California mo... Read More
Life is Calling
Sometimes you just have to get out into nature. It just beckons and calls. I’m not sure why, but sometimes I get an irresistible urge to just get out and if I heed the calling, I always find the mos... Read More
Spring in California – Pinnacles and Point Reyes
In November, when the weather is cold and dreary and I’m yearning for longer, warmer, drier days, I start planning our spring trips. Guadalupe Mtns, Pinnacles, Hawaii, Big Bend, and Florida are all ... Read More
Day 8-10 Great Basin National Park & Finding Our Limits
Hiking: 1 mile Part 5 of 5 of our 10-day trip. Check it out from the beginning or maybe from DAY 7 NATURAL BRIDGES AND CAPITOL REEF – DRIVING & FLASH FLOODS. As the ranger over the counter hands... Read More
Day 7 Natural Bridges and Capitol Reef – Driving & Flash Floods
Hiking: 2 miles Part 5Â of our 10-day trip. Check it out from the beginning or maybe from DAY 6 MESA VERDE. The monsoon type rain continued through the night and into the next morning, we all were sta... Read More
Day 6: Mesa Verde
Hiking: 9 miles Part 4 of our 10-day trip. Check it out from the beginning or maybe from DAY 4-5 CANYONLANDS – THE NEEDLES DISTRICT. After yesterday’s backpacking trip, we drove directly to Mesa ... Read More
Day 2-3 Canyonlands – Island in the Sky
See the start of this series in the blog:Â Finding the Magic Number Hiking: 5.7 miles, Backpacking: 0 miles I was thankful to arrive at our campground earlier than I had anticipated. Thanks to our lon... Read More
Finding the Magic Number
Everyone places some sort of limit on themselves, whether it be a time, an ability, or a monetary limit. What if you told yourself there were no limits? We’ve tried to instill this belief in our chi... Read More
A Few Days in the Desert
Round-Trip Backpacking Distance: 20 miles Day Hikes: ~14 miles: Devil’s Hall, Carlsbad Caverns, Buttercup Stagecoach and Frijole Ranch Sometimes you pick a vacation because you just need to get ... Read More
Pushing the Limits
I realize as I complete my packing list for our next big adventure, I haven’t written anything about our last adventure. How can that be I ask myself? This was an epic adventure. One filled wit... Read More
Ascending a Mountain
This year has been busy for us. The kids are interested in the outdoors more than ever right now, but between our work, new business ventures, biking, running, adventuring, and school (their school is... Read More
10-Days in Yosemite
The Twins Meet The Roadtrip We’ve not ventured more than 5 hours from Portland because Noah and Isabel were never car babies. During their first year of life, before they could talk they screame... Read More
8-Legged Creatures
Even though this was an epic fail… it still goes as a backpacking first and counts toward Noah and Isabel’s total miles. I started out 2014 hoping to get a lot of backpacking in. I scheduled e... Read More
Eagle Creek Car Camping
We did our annual car camping trip with our good friend Susan. We went up on Friday and found our spot from last year. We also hiked into Punchbowl Falls. The next day we did the crazy hike with Will ... Read More
Preschool Yurt Camping
Bike/Hike: 7 miles Chickadee Montessori is a huge part of our lives. The kids go to school 5 days a week for half days and we love the teachers and kids. One of the dads, Robert, put together a campin... Read More
Eagle Creek Campground
Round-Trip Distance: 3.5 mile, plus a 11 miles Bike/Hike to Cascade Locks This was the last camping trip of the season. Will had to stay home and work, so I took the kids to Eagle Creek Campground in... Read More
Redwoods Road Trip
This was a 10-day trip to the Redwoods. We stopped at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Elk Meadow in the Redwoods, the Avenue of the Giants, and Crater Lake. There is a lot to say about the trip, but IR... Read More
Beachhouse
Our good friends Bill and Karen own a beach house and they are kind enough to let us stay from time to time. This time we towed our pop-up camper, still testing its road worthiness and stayed at the b... Read More
Popup Trailer Camping
Round-Trip Distance: 1 mile This was our first trip with our popup trailer. It was a test run for the Redwoods Roadtrip in August. Note: Anywhere in the gorge, you are gonna hear the trails. Chooo Cho... Read More
Boys Weekend
Will, Nate and Josh have gone on a couple boys only weekends and this time Noah was able to go along. Josh had to work, but Nate was there. They did a coast camping trip with a trip to the Newport Aqu... Read More
Lake Billy Chinook
4th of July we spent with my sister and her family at Lake Billy Chinook. Not many photos, but we had a lot of fun. We took Greg’s new boat out and played in a sand pit. Of note, GPS doesn’... Read More