When hiking, nothing seems more pure than the cold water flowing in mountain streams. However, even the cleanest looking water can harbor illness inducing pathogens and must be treated. Once you find a back country water…
When you gotta go, you gotta go. And there is a right way and a wrong way to do it! In fact, entire books have been written about how to do it including How to Shit…
Family backpacking sleeping pads will serve you well in making your nights more comfortable when backpacking. Not only is it added cushion to the sometimes hard and rocky tent floor, it also insulates your body from the…
Once you have procured a tent, you now can move on to the family backpacking sleeping bags your family will sleep in while backpacking. Like tents, there is great diversity in sleeping bags. Also like tents, there…
Sleeping in the backcountry is one of my favorite aspects of family backpacking. There is nothing quite like falling asleep with the setting sun and waking up to beautiful sunrises and the sounds of birds to…
In my regular life, I love to cook. This doesn’t change when we are out on the trail and I also get to use cool gear to put together our meals! Nothing tastes better than food…