Ticket to Adventure: Photo Journey through Yosemite

by Sara Barlow on February 10, 2013

Did you get your Ticket to Adventure yet?? Where has your National Park Pass taken you? Our first stop was Yosemite!! We hope you enjoy our little photo journey of that adventure!! It was a beautiful winter day in the Valley!! The faces of Half Dome On our way to Yosemite Valley. A snowy view [...]

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Need A Ticket to Endless Adventure?

Education & Adventure

It arrived in a plain envelope in December with an non descript return address and our family name in the address space. It filled our souls with happiness. What was in this envelope you might ask? One of the best gifts parents could ever receive! Parents,who are dedicated to share their love for the outdoors [...]

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All Roads Lead Back to the Root.

Education & Adventure

It was 2009 and we were standing at the trailhead, trying to decide which direction to go. It took some time to make a decision, but when we did, we put our heart and soul into the path we chose. We had prepared as best we could, trying to make our packs carry only what [...]

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A Birthday Party in the Wilderness? Party time in Carson-Iceberg Wilderness

Camping with Kids

Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you allowed your children to plan your days? Last summer we did just that for a weekend and let our almost 7 year old plan her birthday adventure (with some guidelines, like it  should be outdoor  because that’s the way we roll). She picked [...]

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Exploring Jackson Meadow Reservoir and Woodcamp Creek Interpretive Trail

Camping with Kids

Have you ever seen a waterfall that goes up instead of down??? Well, on our last camping trip, we could hardly believe our eyes when we saw a reverse waterfall. Check it out.. here it is… Look.. see.. it goes up, then it comes crashing down over the rocks and into the gorge below. This [...]

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The Kids Rock & Mineral Collecting Journal – With a Slice of Kyanite on the Side

Geology for Kids

While we were getting this month’s shipment for the Rock of the Month Club ready, we found a beautiful kyanite sample that we had to reject. Why reject a Perfectly Good Mineral Sample?  So that I can add it to my collection.  Kidding…..  (Or am I)….. The first thing that came to mind when I [...]

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Spend the day with a Periwinkle! Learn a big word: Trichoptera

Entomology for Kids

We headed down to Calaveras Big Trees State Park last weekend for a little camping trip. Little did we know when we were playing in Beaver Creek, we would be surrounded by periwinkles. Dropped in masses by the Momma Periwinkle, her eggs float like strings into fresh water or she attaches them to surrounding vegetation [...]

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Sleep Tight, Don’t Let the Yard Bugs Bite!

Backyard Camping & Adventures

Warm weather, cool breezes, and a tee-pee is all we needed to say.. forget the house.. let’s sleep outside tonight.  And when sleeping outside, especially sans tent, you may have little visitors that like to hop by, creep up and build their home above you, soar overhead, gently place their feet as they smell the [...]

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Sacramento Wildlife: The Bullfrog

Biology for Kids

We’ve had suspicions for over a year of what was making the big splash in our pond and we finally caught sight of him this morning.  There have been a few smaller frogs wrongly accused, but this one has to be the real splasher. It was exciting to see him just long enough to take [...]

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An Educational and Imaginative Backyard Plan: Sunflower Houses, Campsites, Gardens.

Backyard Camping & Adventures

Spring Fever has hit the Trailmix family and we decided to put some fun into our spring planning of our yard and garden. Following the creative guidance from Sharon Lovejoy in her book, Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots, we set out in our yard to build a sunflower house and a Garden of Giants and [...]

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