Families Exploring and Enjoying the Outdoors
“I won’t be staying here for long,” I said to my lone crew member, who also happened to be my beautiful wife. I was running up to the 73 km aid station, the second to last stop along my 100 km Iron Legs Ultra Trail Run journey. I was feeling exhilarated after descending Moose Mountain.…
Dear daughter, I am so glad you got to see this glacier. Isn’t it beautiful? It has been here a very long time. It was here way before you were born and even long before Grandma and Grandpa were born. It is very old. In fact, this glacier was formed between 238,000…
This summer my husband and I both planned one outdoors trip each away from the family. I didn’t ask for much in return from Cam for the three nights I would spend solo-parenting our girls — only that he come back with some material for a guest post on my blog. To my surprise, it…
Was this really a good idea? I wasn’t so sure anymore. I was stuck 90 minutes drive from home and a few kilometres up a steep trail with a whiny 3 year old and a 25 lb two year old who just wanted to jump in and out of the hiking carrier every 15 minutes. Love,…
I remember it clearly like it was yesterday. Driving from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for our annual 2 week family camping trip to the Canadian Rocky Mountains. It was not every day you saw the world go from completely flat to monstrous towering rock. The trip that year would be extra special for me, as we would…
A big thanks to Mountain Mom and Tots for nominating me for their Rockin’ Motherhood post. To be honest I was a little embarrassed to participate in this series and write out a list of ways that I rock motherhood BUT then I remembered my sport psychology training. When I played rugby we would have…
I am such a proud mama. My little gal just completed her first hike like a champ. I thought she would want to jump in the carrier but she just kept on running and smiling. With her older sister cheering her on she completed the Big Hill Springs hike which is a 2.3 km loop…
For the month of March we used only a single mason jar for garbage. Switching to a single jar of garbage for the month was not always easy. In fact, sometimes I was wondering why we even chose such a crazy challenge. But then I remembered that it was because our family wanted to make…
It has been just over a year since I started Born to be Adventurous. It is not easy diving into a creative project but there is something so freeing when you do! I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has supported this journey. So THANK YOU… EVERYONE! For those of you who only…
During the month of March, our family of 4 reduced our waste to a single small mason jar. We invited our readers to join in our Green UP Challenge, whether that meant reducing their waste to a single jar or choosing a smaller Green UP goal, like only using reusable coffee mugs. Everyone participating was…