Posted on August 3, 2022
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Reviewing all of the bike gear we use to take our family out on the trail.
Category: Bike, Featured, UncategorizedTags: balance bike, bike gear, bike trailer, family biking, gear review, gear tips, thule bike rack, Thule bike trailer, toddler bike
Posted on July 11, 2022
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We’ve used pre-made dehydrated meals for years for the convenience, but always felt they were not exactly what we wanted. Meals either weren’t something our kids liked, had a funny aftertaste, had more sodium than we wanted, or didn’t have a plant-based option. Plus we didn’t love all of the excessive, bulky packaging that they come in. We recently decided to start making our own meals using a food dehydrator and the meals have been SO DELICIOUS! Why did we wait so long?!
Category: backpacking, camping, dinner, entree, Featured, Food, Nutrition, recipe, UncategorizedTags: backpacking, backpacking recipe, Brod and Taylor, camp food, camp recipes, camping, camping food, camping recipes, dehydrating backpacking meals, DIY MRE, folding food dehydrator, freeze-dried backpacking meals, SAHARA dehydrator, shopping for food dehydratorr
Posted on March 11, 2022
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Mammoth Lakes is an outdoor adventure wonderland. We love to visit throughout the year, but winter might be our favorite time to travel to Mammoth because of the family-friendly winter sports. We’ve included a list of must-see and must-do activities to consider for your next trip.
Category: Featured, hiking, hot springs, travel, Travel Guides, UncategorizedTags: hiking with a baby, mammoth lakes california, mammoth lakes trip guide, snowboarding, snowboarding mammoth, snowshoeing, tamarack lodge, trip planning mammoth lakes california, winter guide to mammoth lakes, winter sports for families, winter trips california
Posted on January 10, 2022
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stressful if you are new to winter adventures with little ones. The key to happy kids in the cold is proper layering! We use this layering technique for all cold weather outdoor adventures. The last layer changes depending on the activity.
Posted on January 4, 2022
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Our daughter learned to ride a bike at the age of 2 without training wheels thanks to starting on a balance bike. In this blog we share tips to help get her rolling!
Posted on December 28, 2021
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We recently upgraded our Mercedes Sprinter tires for all-terrain tires. We will walk you through the decision points for size, make and model, spare tire concerns, and snow chains.
Category: Featured, Uncategorized, Van, van gearTags: mercedes sprinter snow chains, mercedes sprinter tires, snow chains, snow driving sprinter, sprinter snow chains, sprinter tire chains, sprinter tires, sprinter van, tire chains, tire upgrade, tire upgrader, tire upsize, van build tires, van snow chains, winter driving sprinter
Posted on December 2, 2021
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The most challenging part of camping with kids is getting them to sleep well. We’ve tried a variety of tactics to help ours fall and stay alseep. These are our top tips.
Category: baby, backpacking, camping, Featured, tips, travel, UncategorizedTags: backpacking, camping hacks, camping with kids, kids sleep camping, sleep tips
Posted on October 26, 2021
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We do not have a diesel heater in our van, but we are able to keep cozy during the winter months camping with the following tricks.
Posted on August 31, 2021
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Wearing comfortable, breathable, and durable clothing hiking and backpacking is critical for remaining comfortable throughout your adventure. We organized the clothing, shoes, and hats we wear by each person.
Posted on July 14, 2021
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We’ve camped everywhere from the beach and the desert, to the mountains and everything in-between with our kids. Sleeping in a tent with little ones was a big departure from our former days as backpackers sans kiddos. Now with kids, we’ve tried lots of different options and we are sharing our experience, good and bad. There’s so many different factors that go into camping in a tent with kids such as professional organization guidelines, family preferences, child needs, and style of camping to name a few. For this reason, what we are sharing in this blog is not recommendations for what you should do, but rather a description of what WE do. And what we do continues to evolve as our children grow and new equipment is developed in the ever expanding realm of outdoor gear.