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How to Choose Hiking Shoes for Kids

How to Choose Hiking Shoes for Kids

For families that want to adventure outdoors with their kids, the sheer number of outdoor gear that kids seem to “need” can be overwhelming. As a parent, it can be hard to know if your child really needs a certain type of gear and if they do, which of the 60 different versions you should buy.

To help you out, today I will be sharing with you a guide on what you should look for when buying kid hiking shoes. My goal is to help you feel a little less overwhelmed and a bit more confident in your buying decision. So let’s get started!

The New Ecola Point to Indian Beach Trail

The New Ecola Point to Indian Beach Trail

Just outside of Cannon Beach is one of our absolutely FAVORITE places to go on the Oregon Coast: Ecola State Park. We fell in love with this place on an anniversary trip to Oregon, where we spent an entire day exploring its trails and beaches in the rain. However, one trail we were disappointed to pass up was the Ecola Point to Indian Beach Trail.

My cousin, who frequents the Cannon Beach area, insisted that we had to hike the trail to Indian Beach during our stay. But when I started planning our trip I quickly learned that the trail was closed due to it being washed out at the end of 2015. I was super bummed!

Well imagine my glee when at the beginning of this year Dustin’s family announced that we would be doing a reunion on the coast. The first thing I did when I heard about our upcoming summer plans was to Google “status of Ecola Point to Indian Beach Trail”. Luckily my good friend Google didn’t let me down. I learned the trail had finally been reopened, after being closed for almost five years!

Having now hiked the “new” trail I am eager to share with you all the details. Whether you are a newcomer or veteran of Ecola State Park, this hiking guide will help you know what to expect when embarking on this fun family outing!

6 Tips for Building an Adventure Fund

6 Tips for Building an Adventure Fund

One reality that all parents face is that kids are expensive. Hospital delivery bills, diapers, sports fees, braces, and let’s not even begin to talk about college. This means that for a lot of families the trickiest part about adventuring after kids is the cost. Not only are families working with a tighter budget, but with an increased headcount adventures can become quite an expensive affair. That is why today I want to share with you our tried and true tips for building an adventure fund…even if you have an itty bitty budget.

The Ultimate Guide to Camping with Little Kids

The Ultimate Guide to Camping with Little Kids

One adventure that many families put on pause when they have young children is camping. Parents worry about a variety of things when it comes to taking little kids and babies on their first camping trip. How am I going to keep them warm? What if they don’t sleep? What gear do I need to bring? How will I make it all fit?

These are all perfectly valuable concerns. Lucky for you in this post I am going to share all my tips and tricks for camping with kids and babies.

Adventures in McCall, Idaho
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Adventures in McCall, Idaho

Hello friends! Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fabulous 4th of July and got to play in the sun with your family and friends! I have been a little MIA as of late so I thought it would be a good time to check in with another Monday Musings post.

Today I will be sharing about our most recent trip to McCall, Idaho along with some other random things that have been going on in our neck of the woods.