Living an Unfinished Adventure
We are all living in cages with the doors wide open
While browsing through last summer's backpacking photos, I lit upon the first trip we took—along Resurrection Trail towards the town of Hope, and all that greenery and sunshine got me thinking about the season and why I'm looking at summers past. The ice is mostly melted in our south-facing yard, and yesterday's snow is running... Continue Reading →
I know I am highlighting the kid friendly adventures we go on as a family. But let's be honest: having kids, especially babies, does limit what and where you go. Backpacking is absolutely possible. Bike treks with a trailer, depending on the age of the infant: possible. Camping, check. Well, here's another--rafting! First, meet some... Continue Reading →
With the baby still under a year, we earmarked this summer as a backpacking summer. Our other kids are old enough (4, 6, and 8) to carry their sleeping bags, pads, clothes, snacks and water bottles, while the baby man can be front carried, leaving both mine and my husband's backs open for all the other... Continue Reading →
We crossed Kachemak Bay one time and had such a magnificent adventure--there really is some elevation of feeling when you are dropped off in the remote wilderness, with no connection to the world beyond where you are present. From our sojourn into solitude at Right Beach a few years earlier, we wanted to go further... Continue Reading →
"Going out was really going in." -John Muir It has been our intent to camp at Coeur d'alene Campground for years so we could hike out to the well recommended tarns (alpine lakes) but summers in Alaska are so frantic, as we're always scrambling to get the most out of the light and green as... Continue Reading →
Living an Unfinished Adventure 