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In September, I reach a significant milestone. I will have been a runner for 20 years. HOLEY MOLEY! I don’t have a casual relationship with running. It’s not just something that I do when I can fit it in, or when I can get up enough gumption to go. Running and I are solid. For...
I look out the window at the copious amount of snow that is laying in large piles along our street and around our house. Our lawn is still completely covered in white. A glance at the calendar tells me we are 16 days into spring. Though it feels nothing like spring, it is still a...
We live in an era of helicopter parenting, and it can be hard to let our kids grovel through difficult challenges. It can feel like the most loving choice to hover around, and rescue them from the things that are uncomfortable for them or they are less competent at. The truth is, jumping in and...
What a year 2017 has been! We have had more amazing adventures than we could shake a stick at. We have been backcountry as a family more than we ever have and that has been pure bliss. In terms of narrowing it down to 17 pictures? That felt near impossible. Some of these photos I...
Sequoia National Park conjours up images of majestic, awe-inspiring trees, famed as the largest in the world. What is perhaps lesser known about the park, but equally impressive, is backpacking in the High Sierra’s amongst pristine alpine lakes and towering fins of granite. This trip had been on our radar for a couple of years,...
