it’s becoming a bit of a tradition on our family trips, that not only do we schedule a day for me to go on an epic adventure without the fam, but we also plan an extra long extra cool excursion for me and the annababy. for this vacations extra long extra cool adventure, we chose […]
lid kid adventures
balanced rocks. adk version.
upon getting settled into our little airbnb in the adirondacks, we planned out our week of adventures. first up, a quick little hike up to some balanced rocks. there’s a lot of “balanced rocks” hikes in this country and i feel like we have been on four or five at this point. this one happened […]
the lemon squeeze (not squeezeR).
for this years family vacation, we kept things simple. a week in the adirondacks, followed by a week in western new york. and since we were going to the adirondacks first, our route would take us through the catskills, right past a hike i long ago placed on my bucket list. in 2016, when we […]
mothers day weekend with the middle kid.
a few weeks before mother’s day, unsure of what i wanted to do to celebrate myself (and the birthing of three children), i was poking around some state parks to see what camping options were available. much to my surprise, gorges state park had one last campsite opening, so i snagged the reservation, not really […]
anna and derek in the big apple to see ponyboy.
i had high hopes of getting either derek or anna to write this blog post, but it looks like you’re stuck with me. i’ll do my best, considering i wasn’t even there. ok. so. it goes like this. anna is OBSESSED with the outsiders musical. we thought it would be a super cool birthday gift […]
hanging rock kidnapping.
i’ll spare you a long commentary about this day. basically, anna had a sleepover with her friend. in the morning, i gave them the option of me taking the friend home and going hiking alone, or them both coming hiking with me and the friend going home later. they chose the hiking. or were coerced […]
grandfather mountain hiking adventure.
derek’s parents generously gifted us a weekend at a resort in blowing rock for the last weekend of october. my only request (demand) was that we plan one outdoor activity, and not just end up eating out and shopping the entire time. derek did the research and settled on a hike at grandfather mountain. before […]
autumn apple picking in the sweltering heat.
firstly. i do realize that i’m like five months behind in my blogging. again. so, my recollection of the happenings for some of the next dozen or so posts is a little foggy. bear with me. every year, at the end of summer, i am often found lamenting the scorching heat in north carolina, during […]
atlantic beach week. cape lookout shenanigans.
as previously mentioned, the weather for most of our atlantic beach week was pretty windy. for this reason, the big epic adventure we had planned kept getting postponed. but, finally, on our second to last day, we received word that our adventure was ON! what adventure, you ask? well, two-ish years ago, during a trip […]
camping with the old step-aunt (and friends).
a few weeks ago, my step dad’s sister, karyn, rolled into town for a visit. she was on a two week rv trip with her youngest daughter, her friend, and her friend’s daughter. karyn is quite a bit younger than my step dad, closer to my age, so it’s always fun to refer to her […]