When I was growing up, my parents took us backpacking in the Sierras every summer. We usually base camped at a lake, and as people familiar with Sierra lakes know, many of them are in basins carved out by glaciers. This means that quite a few Sierra lakes involve a tough climb during the last…
We’ve talked about how much we love #CitizenScience on this blog before. And it’s true. We do. We participated in the Northern California v. Southern California citizen species identification challenge (hope they’re doing it again this year…) and in this current political climate, we can’t do enough to promote science, if you ask us. The…
After a fairly long hiatus, we’re back with more Bay Area outside adventures! Mare Island is one of the most exciting finds I’ve had in a while. I found it while scouring Hipcamp for new Bay Area camping adventures I did not know about (yes, I’m weird like that), and booked for December. Normally, December…
This summer, my goal was to get out on the water more- in some kind of watercraft. By the end of the summer, we had done a kayaking excursion, a pedal boat and two canoeing days- pedal boat and canoe with children. Our big winner out of this sampling menu was canoeing on San Pablo…
Two things are going to sound strange about this post- one, it’s about the seasons we are definitely not in at the moment- fall and winter. Two, it’s going to encourage you to plan for the rainy season. (Let’s hope that planning for the rainy season will guarantee that we get one!) Why, you ask,…
It’s August already! How can this be? There were big plans here to write lots of posts about amazing outside adventures for the summer– and then, summer happened. However, it’s not too late to take advantage of one of our favorite combos– hiking + swimming spots. Hiking before swimming allows you to go park at swimming…
OK, I’ll admit it. I can be a little loath to drive more than an hour for a day’s adventure. (Unless, of course, it involves being crazy and heading to Tahoe or Bear Valley for the day. But that seems like it’s Big Time Adventure Day, and that warrants more driving.) This means we do…
Yes! We still exist! And we’re still excited about bringing Bay Area Outdoor family adventures to YOU! And also to YOU! But yeah. It’s been a little bit of a moment. However, we HAVE had some solid adventures in the past month that we want to bring to you, most notably the discovery that you…
OK, OK. We were really going to post more about this challenge of getting a little wildness into the 30 days of June. And then it was the end of the school year. And, well, writing blog posts just kind of went out the window. HOWEVER. I am happy to report that we have, in…
OK, my friends! Tomorrow, June 1st, is the first day of 30 Days Wild! What is 30 Days Wild, you ask? It’s a thing (movement? experience? challenge?) that was started by The Wildlife Trusts, in the United Kingdom. The goal is to get outside in some kind of wildness (totally subjective and open to interpretation)…
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