According to our great friends, the Burnett’s, we have GOT to take Hayden to Shi Shi Beach in Olympic National Park. Camping right on a long sandy beach in the middle of one of the world’s most beautiful natural playgrounds sounded good to me! So, I did a little reading. The Burnett girls on a [...]

Our friend Kathleen Petereit, who lives on Vancouver Island, thought we might like to check out the Juan De Fuca Trail as a family adventure…. The Juan De Fuca Marina Trail, a part of the Juan De Fuca Provincial Park, follows 47 kilometers of wilderness trails and beaches on the southwest shore of Vancouver Island. [...]

Our friend Nadja Baker sent in this great suggestion for some fun family adventures. Thanks Nadja! Lake Ozette and the Cape Alava trail is probably MY FAVORTIE PLACE in Washington State, and have been since I was a young child. There’s a campground at the Lake and then another on the coast…The trail system from [...]

Hi Heather, Reading your latest blog brought tears to my eyes, so many memories from those years. We had moved from upstate New York to California (1974). Houses cost so much more in California. We were on a tight budget. Dad, looking for activities we could afford decided we should try backpacking. I think not [...]

After our last post, everyone is asking… where we will take Hayden adventuring this summer? Heather collecting firewood He is definitely not a rookie at adventure. How many toddlers have had their own kayak from the day they were born, or spent their first winter living out of a tent in Baja? He has gone [...]