By Amy Whitley - My son Nate, age seventeen, was 50 miles into his goal of hiking the 457-mile Oregon section of the Pacific Crest Trail when I received his expected nightly text via his Delorme InReach: Camping here for the night. I cross-checked his GPS location with our topographical map, noting that he’d decided to hike three miles farther than we’d discussed earlier. … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
Gardening with Kids: Expert advice on getting your family’s hands dirty
by Linda McGurk - Gardening with kids is magical, fun, and always full of surprises. When Noreen Greimann of West Chester, Pennsylvania, was a child she loved digging holes in the dirt and watching plants grow in the gardens that her mother and grandparents carefully tended to. In adulthood, Greimann’s passion for growing her own crops only grew stronger, so when she had … [Read more...]
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua – Family Adventure Travel Guide
by Heather Mundt - Natalie Robertson was just a tween 17 years ago when her dad, Chris, bought an untouched slice of paradise above the cliffs of the popular beachside town of San Juan del Sur in southwest Nicaragua. With a vision to create a safe, healthy haven for his three kids, the Northern California real-estate developer built his version of utopia: of a self-sustaining, … [Read more...]
Force of Nature: A woman’s place is in the WILD
Editor’s Note: The all-female staff of Outdoor Families Magazine understands the fortitude and tenacity it takes to carve out space in a largely male-dominated industry. Don’t get us wrong, we love our gentlemanly counterparts and their equally awesome stories, but we are also passionate about closing the gear gap. We are proud to partner with REI as disruptors of the status … [Read more...]
Haida Gwaii: Family adventure in the Canadian Galápagos
by Jennifer Fontaine Yáahl soared free, high above the world’s last remaining old-growth rainforest, its shrill "caw" echoing past towering, ancient spruce and cedar trees, until he broke through an opening which revealed the island's expansive beaches. There, in the sand, Yáahl, the lonely black raven, spotted a cockle shell from which he heard the faint cries of a young … [Read more...]
