Day 129: Band-Aid Bonanza

Day 129: Band-Aid Bonanza

When we came back from camping in the mountains earlier this week, we returned with a deeper connection to nature and an appreciation of the world around us. In Henry’s case, I think he also came back with something of an addiction to Band-Aids.Having grown up...
Day 128: Power-Less

Day 128: Power-Less

Wednesday was a pretty normal day, particularly after a few weeks of travel and other off-the-beaten-path kind of stuff. Erin and I were both pretty busy all day and the kids generally did a good job keeping themselves entertained.We’ve been trying to limit the...
Day 127: Caution to the Wind

Day 127: Caution to the Wind

So after being in pretty consistent lockdown since March, we did step out a little bit in the past few weeks. Regular readers know that we made kind of an impromptu road trip to see family in Wisconsin, and that happened to run pretty close to an overnight camping...
Day 126: Better Lake Than Never

Day 126: Better Lake Than Never

We woke up Monday morning having had a surprisingly decent night’s sleep doing our first family overnight in a tent. The kids slept really well, and while we grown ups were maybe a bit stiff from sleeping on slim inflatable pads, we were none worse the wear.It...
Day 125: Junior Park Ranger

Day 125: Junior Park Ranger

A few months ago, we decided one way to combat the quarantine doldrums would be to take up camping. We live in Colorado, after all, and there are no shortage of places to go in these parts. It’s a way to take in nature, and at least is a reasonably safe way to...
Day 124: Sun Spex

Day 124: Sun Spex

We had a great trip to Wisconsin last week. Yeah, I’ve had my moments of anxiety about stepping out a little in a pandemic (to be addressed in a later post), but all in all, the kids traveled well, we were able to stay reasonably safe, and we had a wonderful...