Our kids never cease to amaze me. They have adapted so well to this traveling lifestyle of ours and I see them growing and thriving in the most spectacular ways. Hiking is definitely a huge activity for us. We started with short hikes when they were little, and gradually have been able to increase the…
When we were on Whidbey Island, we visited Ebey’s Landing National Historic Reserve. When We Visited: October 7, 2014 Ages of Kids: 9, 7, 4 Where We Stayed: Fort Ebey State Park We first picked up our Jr. Ranger Books from the nice ladies at the Trust Board Office near the cemetery. After we looked…
We’ve been excited to visit Mt. Rainier National Park as such an iconic volcano definitely needed a wander. Unfortunately, the perfect storm of off-season, incomplete planning, and, well, RAIN, landed us in a possibly less than ideal situation. When We Visited: September 23-24, 2014 Ages of Kids: 9, 7, 4 Where We Stayed: Ohanapecosh Campground…
We live in Grants Pass, OR in the winter & Island Park, ID in the summer. We are fellow Airstreamers & have been following your posts with delight. You’re teaching us useful things. If you get down this way on your way to CA & AZ perhaps we can meet. You’d have lots to teach us.
Brad & Joan Anderson
Grants Pass, OR
P.S. we’re just a couple miles off of I-5
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We visited on a special day, which was lucky because we got to stay late and explore the fort by campfire & candlelight! When We Visited: September 13, 2014 Ages of Kids: 8, 7, 4 Tips From Mom: They had to scrounge some Jr. Ranger Books for us as the event runs from 4-10pm, the…
As we were waiting for our tour to start in the Lehman Caves, Sam and I started discussing how many caves we had actually been to in the last year. We started counting and realized this was our fourth is just the last year! Not only that, the locations of these caves ranged from Virginia…
I freaking love your adventures!
YAY! That is awesome! We are hoping to head to Yosemi
te next year, we might need to check out this hike!
Also, M&M’s make every hike better and now I want some…
M&M’s make EVERYTHING better! haha! Thanks for reading!
Also(I need to give what I type more thought before hitting post), the top pic is fantastic! Beautiful shot! Hopefully I will stop hogging your comments section now and be done 🙂
Great post! Stunning photos and virutal fist bumps to your kiddos! Way to go! One question… If you handed over your camera to the person who took your family photo and you were still wearing a camera, does that mean you carry two cameras with you? I always bring the point and click for the kids to use and hand that over but the photo looks to be too good of quality for a point and click!
Thanks Meg! Yes, we take two cameras. Our other one is the Samsung NX300 and we LOVE it. We bought the body only and the 20mm lens so it will mimic the focal length of our camera phones (about 30mm). It’s a 20mp and has great optics (so better than our camera phones) plus it has the direct wifi feature so we can transfer the images to our phones and post to Instagram.
We are heading to Yosemite this summer and have been trying to get the kids pumped up about the hiking we hope to do. Thank you for your inspiration! It CAN be done. I also appreciated your article about how to get kids to hike without whining! On our last hike, lollipops and a battery-operated spritzing fan saved the day. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
You are welcome!! There are definitely some shorter hikes to do in Yosemite, but this one was definitely worth the effort! They also have pit toilets along the trail, so you don’t have to worry about little kids needing the bathroom. Hooray!
Ha! Thank you for the tip about the toilets! We attempted the mile-long hike around Bear Lake in the Rocky Mountains when our sons were younger, only to have the dreaded whining about needing to go to the bathroom about a quarter of the way in.
We can’t wait to explore Yosemite. Your pictures are amazing!
You are welcome and thanks for reading!! We are backpackers by nature so the bathroom issue isn’t a big deal for us. We figure if our kids REALLY need to go they’ll deal. 🙂 haha Such nice parents. Our only downfall these days is remembering to pack the shovel and toilet paper on long hikes!
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Do you have a list of products youve found make hiking with the littles easier?