Learn what special considerations there are when camping with kids, including fire safety, hiking distances, and getting lost.
When I first started camping with my baby, the thing that worried me most wasn’t the weather. Or even whether she’d end up eating lots of dirt (hey, it boosts immunity, right! 😉 What did worry me was how I’d keep all those friggin’ mosquitoes off of her. Thus began my search for baby-safe mosquito […]
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It’s an understatement to say that lots of planning goes into backpacking with kids. There’s the basics like where you will go and how far you can realistically hike per day with kids. Then there are the things like what food to pack or how to keep your kids safe while still letting them play
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I took my daughter camping for the first time when she was four months old. There weren’t any baby sleeping bags for camping then, so I made do by putting her in lots of layers and a sleep sack. It worked well on the first trip. But, on the second trip, I was paraonid she’d
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I went wild camping while pregnant. Unfortunately, that trip didn’t go so well and I didn’t get to go again because of my severe hyperemesis gravidarum. But I’m not the only pregnant woman to go camping. Here’s a guest post with tips on how to make camping easier while pregnant.
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When I pictured myself pregnant, I imagined myself going to the gym to lift weights with my belly sticking out, or trekking in the woods.
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In 1998, more than 9.2 million overnight stays in national parks in America were recorded. Flash forward 15 years to 2013, and then number has dropped to 7.91 million. The phenomena isn’t limited to the USA. In the UK, camping has declined by 1/5 since 2002 and Australians are camping less too. In short, people
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