Are you a parent with young children? Does your family enjoy camping? With simple but exciting pleasures camping can give your family, having young children with you can get a little bit stressful, even frustrating. But worry no more! With a little creativity in planning, you and your family can sti ...
We are getting ready to leave the woods. Ian and Nora are in the world of the redwood, they inhabit the stump, they become the stump and speak the language of the trees. I am stymied as I reflect on the contrast between watching my playing children/wanting to play with them and assuming what I’ve [. ...
Are you a parent with young children? Does your family enjoy camping? With simple but exciting pleasures camping can give your family, having young children with you can get a little bit stressful, even frustrating. But worry no more! With a little creativity in planning, you and your family can sti ...
On Friday, Lee bought a tent. For some time now, we’ve talked about wanting to campout with the kids. I have great memories growing up of camping with my family and I wanted to create similar memories for my children. So, with a little help from some very excited kiddos, Lee pitched a tent in our ba ...
Once a year, Judy and I run a summer camp for our older grandkids, ages 4 through 12. No parents allowed. We’ve been doing this since 2004 and each year our plans get a little more sophisticated, with organized games, arts and crafts, and a theme of some sort. But it’s the simple things that make th ...
This year we want to take the whole family on a little getaway during summer vacation and we haven’t decided what to do yet, I am thinking about maybe a weekend at the beach in California, or perhaps four or five days over at one of the cabin’s up north at the Rim where we can do some fishing, hikin ...
