Ask me what my favorite trail in Cuyahoga Valley National Park is, and I'll probably say it's The Ledges. Located in the Virginia Kendall area of CVNP, The Ledges is probably the favorite trail of many people -- it's wildly popular, but for good reason: it's a very interesting trail, with lots of...
Buying clothing and gear for kids is tough, for a few reasons. For starters, kids grow about six inches every other day, so nothing fits longer than a week at a time. Secondly, decent clothing and outdoor gear is expensive, and kids don’t always take the best care of their things, so they end...
How can you get kids outside when you're quarantining due to the coronavirus? This past weekend, I found myself in that exact situation. My son developed a cough last Monday and spent the week home from school. After a few days, my ex-husband and I conceded the cough wasn't going anywhere, and...
When my Scouts were working on their Wolf rank, we built our first hiking kits in leftover mint tins. Now that my Scouts were a bit older, I thought we should move on to a larger, sturdier first-aid kit (for the larger, sturdier amounts of trouble they can get themselves into)....
