Take Time to Enjoy Nature with Kids
This is a milkweed seedpod with wishies. The old adage “the only constant in life is change” is never more present than in nature. Children should witness nature changing …
Some Useful Tips When Camping with Kids
Notice the small sturdy lamp on the deck. It has a nightlight. My family didn’t start right off with a month-long camping excursion. Not with five kids in tow. …
Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park, California
What do you do when you get nervous? When I get nervous, I laugh. A lot! And my whole family knows it. They also know that I’m a bit …
The Dangers of Letting Children Lead
Parents, it’s important to remember that many times kids have no fear. Each time we go camping I try to remind myself of this …
The Importance of Soap When Camping with Teens
Upper Peninsula Lake Michigan It didn’t rain every day! Spring makes me think of rain used to awaken the earth from its winter slumber. …
Nutrition on the Trail: The Lunchtime Saga
Of course they’re tired on the trail. It was the third week of peanut butter and jelly. Many times we camp as a family …
Filling the Heart with Memories
Our children at the Pocono House Although we never camped outside in the wintertime, we would take the family to the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania seeking snow. Usually we’d leave December …