Trailblazing Tots: A Parent-Child Outdoor Adventure Journal
Whether you’re hiking a scenic trail, enjoying a day at the park, or having a picnic in your own backyard, “Trailblazing Tots” encourages lasting memories and a deep love for the outdoors. Grab your pen, lace up your boots, and embark on unforgettable adventures
Our big trip this year was two weeks on the road in Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. The whole two weeks centered on hiking into
This weekend was one of summer perfection. We camped Friday night. Hiked Saturday. Watched West rip on the Strider on our local mountain bike trails on Sunday. Uninterrupted hours of
Spring 2024 Review UPDATE: It’s been an fantastic 2.5 years with the PocoPlus by our side, and we’re thrilled to share our ongoing experience with you. Our little explorer, West,
We’re Kate and Greg. We live in a little mountain town in Colorado at 9,000 feet with West and River – our 3 year old and puppy. Our lives revolve around getting outdoors, but trying to find advice on camping with a three month old that fit our lifestyle was a feat more epic than all the mountains we have climbed.
So when our son West was born, we just went on intuition. We covered thousands of trail and road trip miles with him in his first year of life. We camped. We traveled. We learned. But yeah, we would have appreciated some help.
You can read a lot of stuff about having kids…a lot. You can buy high tech gear to get your kid to sleep. You can buy books on what and when they should eat. For everything, a book, a gadget, a sure-fire solution. Except for our biggest fear – losing our ability to adventure in the wild and travel the world.
Our big trip this year was two weeks on the road in Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. The whole two weeks centered on hiking into
Labor Day weekend turned out to be a summer highlight for our family. We fished, we went to the farmer’s market, but most importantly, we went on some great hikes.
Our Weekend Misadventure A Rough Start This weekend we made a particularly miserable attempt to backpack with West, who is now three. We walked two tough miles to a campsite,
Like many toddlers who came before him, West is a picky eater… or at least, he’s in a picky phase. Occasionally, we make some breakthroughs and he will start to
This weekend was one of summer perfection. We camped Friday night. Hiked Saturday. Watched West rip on the Strider on our local mountain bike trails on Sunday. Uninterrupted hours of
Witness the three year old. Fiercely independent yet requires assistance, talks nonstop, highly opinionated, emotionally volatile… still quite cute. Thus far hiking with a three year old is a challenging