All mothers of boys know that talk and play involving explosions, predators, and things that stink are just commonplace. In my home, I have to times all that chaos by four! (Enrique is always considered one of the “boys”) So when it was time to decide where we should take our next family adventure, there […]
It’s March 11th as I type this and I was able to the get in a short hike this weekend. The last of the winter hikes I’m afraid (although it has snowed today). This is the first winter where I have actively hiked more than just one or two hikes on a nice winter day. […]
I love Spring: watching new life bloom, feeling the warmer temperatures, and knowing school will soon be out (can I get a woot woot from all my teacher friends)! One thing I don’t look forward to is the dreaded “springing forward” of the clocks! I get why we do it, but man that first week […]
Early one (almost) spring, Sunday morning, I woke up and had an itch to explore someplace new! Even though there were local trails I still have yet to explore, I had my eye on a couple Illinois trails that featured waterfalls (according to All Trails App) and with the recent rains, I figured it would […]
Back in the day, say around 2008, I was a member of a scrapbooking community that had a very large and active message board. I can’t say that I was an active poster, but I was a faithful reader and lurker. And you can’t even imagine the diversity of topics and wealth of information I […]
If you ever want to feel like you are on another planet, Onondaga Cave State Park is the place to visit. Except here you’re not ON our planet, but IN our planet! With spring approaching, and the new season of cave tours just around the corner (Mid April), I wanted to share this amazing Missouri […]
The Bucket List is a few days late this month because instead of bringing you 10 items from our list, we decided to share 14 Bucket List items to do with your better half. After researching some possible experiences to add to this list, I found that most were things you could do alone, but […]
Katie and I decided that in 2018 we were going to make it a point to hike as much of the Ozark Trail as we possibly could. Would we be able to hike in one continuous allotted amount of time? No. Would we be able to hike in “order” or from north to south or […]
We gave our boys the "Gift of Adventure" to Joshua Tree National Park for Christmas 2017! Read how this Missouri family drove 3,811 miles, hiked 20 plus miles and made everlasting memories!
This month we are going to do something a little different with our bucket list. I came across a Pinterest post titled “The Ultimate Bucket list for Sisters” which caught my attention. Out of curiosity I read it and realized that many of the items on the list I’ve already done with my sisters (I […]
Caroline Here- I’m sitting here on New Year’s Eve with no major plans, which I actually prefer, and looking ahead to 2018. It’s that time of year that people make those resolutions that look good on paper but maybe last three months tops. I haven’t made “the normal” resolutions for years. I know I won’t […]
