Outdoors

Our First Time Family Backpacking

February 3, 2014

This inaugural winter backpacking trip was a game-changer for our family.

The Study of Skiing (or how I feel about prizes, bribes and grades)

January 27, 2014

Celebrate the victories in your learning environment, but don't bribe your kids to learn, or study, because knowing the skill, having the knowledge, owning the strength and confidence that comes with that - skiing down the mountain on your own- is the reward.

overwhelm (me)

January 21, 2014

Choosing a word of the year has always mystified me a bit. Not because I didn't get the concept. Words are powerful and having one simple idea to focus on seems good. But I've never had one, a word of the year that is.

The hardest part is getting out the door

January 8, 2014

I may have thought the most difficult part of hiking the Appalachian Trail was going to be physical but I'm thinking now it might be something else entirely.

At the end of the high holiday

January 3, 2014

The time between Christmas Eve and New Year's is our family's high holiday of the year. A week long celebration of outdoor winter activity, games, and feasting with family and friends.