Coming to you this morning from Australia is an article by Adele Horin in The Sydney Morning Herald about an American professor of family science at the University of Maryland, Sandra Hofferth, who gave a talk there about how our … Continue reading
A big concern that we have, when we are on a family camping trip, is keeping the kids clean throughout several days in the backcountry. We’re not clean-freaks, but our kids love to play with worms, slugs, salamanders, and whatever … Continue reading
When I look back on the various outdoor sports that I’ve been involved with over my life, I tended to jump right in with both feet and buy a lot of superfluous gear that I didn’t really need. I still … Continue reading
Crater Lake National Park, located in Southern Oregon, is a great destination for a family camping vacation. The surrounding area is near recreational nirvana, offering miles of world-class hiking and climbing, mountain biking, offroad vehicle travel, kyaking, white water rafting, … Continue reading
The term “layering” gets bantered about with regularity when it comes to dressing for cold weather, but the mechanics of layering is often misunderstood and implemented improperly, resulting in frigid discomfort. In order to understand how layering is supposed to … Continue reading