Family Backpacking Navigation: When family backpacking, we obviously want to be sure we know where we are going! (Although we definitely didn’t this time in White Sands, New Mexico and never want to repeat that experience!) In…
With a little advance planning and the use of a dehydrator, it is simple to make healthy and satisfying meals to enjoy while backpacking. One of the best meals I ever ate in the backcountry was…
Isle Royale National Park There simply is no where quite like Isle Royale National Park. An island located in the middle of Lake Superior, Isle Royale is a wilderness haven unlike any other. While it is…
One of the questions people often ask me when talking about backpacking with kids is about what we eat. I promise, none of us go hungry when out on the trail. In fact, I decided years…
While we don’t eat much red meat in our day to day lives, ground beef has become a staple in our backpacking food bags and we use it in many of our backpacking recipes. Filling, versatile…
Taking our kids backpacking is my favorite way to vacation and explore the diverse beautiful areas in our country. For our family, there simply is no way better to fully immerse yourselves in the area we…