Friends were meeting us in southern Arizona for a few days of camping and exploration. “Where should we go?” they asked. “Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument,” we answered, its rugged beauty still forged in our minds from our first visit 20 years earlier. Disclosure: This post … [Read more...] about Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
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Vancouver Island Family Adventure Time!
Interested in finding family-friendly outdoor adventures in and around Nanaimo, BC? Look no further! This post explores easy adventures in Strathcona Provincial Park, Pipers Lagoon, Rathtrevor Beach, Jack Point/Briggs Park, Cumberland Potholes and Cumberland Chinatown with links … [Read more...] about Vancouver Island Family Adventure Time!
Alberta Adventure: Barrhead
Did you know that the original Klondike Trail – the shortest route to the Yukon during the Gold Rush – ran through central Alberta? Or that summiting a silage pile in a tractor is as much as a rush as climbing the chains up a cliff to reach an alpine lake? Neither did I until we … [Read more...] about Alberta Adventure: Barrhead
4 Days of Family-friendly Adventure in the Columbia Valley
Hike to waterfalls and hoodoos, bike an old coach trail, paddle through wetlands and get up close and personal with a grizzly bear! Of course, we’re talking about family-friendly adventure in the Columbia Valley near Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia. Disclosure: This post … [Read more...] about 4 Days of Family-friendly Adventure in the Columbia Valley
Discovering Alberta’s Grande Cache
Mountains and foothills, biking and quads, friendship and history – that’s what we discovered in Grande Cache. Read on for the inside scoop of what to see and do in this northern Alberta town… er… hamlet. Not the Hamlet that questions “to be or not to be” – because this tiny town … [Read more...] about Discovering Alberta’s Grande Cache