Need some good news today? The national program, Every Kid In A Park was given funding for another year! Outdoor Alliance For Kids reports from October 2nd: Washington, DC — Today, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle came together to pass the Every Kid Outdoors Act, to help get our kids outdoors….
For my birthday a few weekends ago, I was able to head out with some of my family (the ones who love to scramble up mountains) and revisit a summit that I was not able to reach a little less than two years ago when I was there by myself. Fear (and maybe sensibility) got…
As I lay in my tent around 2 am listening to the soft sounds of the wilderness outside its thin fabric, my mind imagined all sorts of scenarios. I knew I would be getting very little sleep tonight. The rustle of the branches touched by a soft wind and the coos of forest fowl nestled…
As October (gasp!) and fall come around again, I am making plans for a weekend road trip on the Cascade Scenic Loop Byway similar to one we did this same time last year. And guess what, I haven’t shared that weekend with you yet! So, as I look forward to what possibilities could present themselves…
I know that some of you who read this post won’t understand what I am about to say. I’m okay with that. It wasn’t until this last year that even I have to come to understand the thoughts you are about to read. What is important is that I am expressing them now. “Though…
Jump to the recipe… Did you test yourself this summer? It could have been on the trail or some other aspect of your life where you decided to do something that you knew in your heart would be a challenge and you might fail. I have really enjoyed seeing pictures of my friends on social…