Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016!
Another year in the books… yet my blogging was lackluster this year, especially during the last few months. We had a lot more experiences than I posted online, so I have included them in our...
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Gear Review: Stonz Rain Bootz and Booties
Stonz Rain Bootz The first thing Addison said when we opened her Stonz Rain Bootz was, “Mama, these are the most awesomest boots ever!” I think the color pink won her over, but the...
Eight Family-Friendly Activities in Middlebury, VT
We spent our summer living just outside of Middlebury, a little town of just over 8,000 people in the western part of Vermont. With three kids five and under, we spent a lot of time...
Biking the Island Line Rail Trail in Burlington, VT
[box]Location: Burlington, Vermont Date: July 22, 2015 Distance: 15.05 miles round trip Elevation Gain: 78 feet Our Bicycling Time: 3 hours 24 minutes round trip Difficulty: Easy Trail Map[/box] Don’t let the amount of time we took to ride...
Hiking the Robert Frost Interpretive Trail in Vermont
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Robert Frost Interpretive Trail, Ripton, VT Date: July 2, 2015 Distance: 1.13 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 65 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hours, 24 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: Blue Diamonds Difficulty: Easy Trail Map[/box] For several weeks this summer,...
National Trails Day 2015 With Tubbs Snowshoes!
Every year on the first Saturday of June, thousands of people across the United States celebrate National Trails Day, an annual event organized by the American Hiking Society. This is a day for folks to...
A Small Town Mystery
A few weeks ago, as the snow finally melted from the sidewalks, we were inspired to find adventure in the everyday by the Hike it Baby 30 Challenge. I started taking the kids on walks...
How to Find Adventure in the Everyday
Once upon a time, before we had kids, on the spur of the moment Kendra and I would pull on our hiking boots, grab our backpacks, and head off to hike in the woods....
Tubbs Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer!
When I was a kid, cancer seemed like a foreign subject – something rare and tragic. It wasn’t until it touched my own family that I realized the insidiousness of the disease… too often there are no...
Snowshoeing in Leominster State Forest, Westminster, MA
Location: Leominster State Forest, Westminster, MA Date: February 18, 2015 Distance: 1 mile roundtrip Elevation Gain: 200 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: White Rectangles Difficulty: Easy Trail Map Freshman year of college I had...