Archive for the 'Hiking' Category

Land Between the Lakes

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Violet and Chippers ready to go!

We spent our Thanksgiving holiday hiking the North South Trail at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in Kentucky/Tennessee. This is a 60 mile trail that goes from the North Welcome Station to the South Welcome station in the recreation area.
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Seven Tips for More Enjoyable Hiking with Kids : Eco Child’s Play

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Seven Tips for More Enjoyable Hiking with Kids : Eco Child’s Play.
I found this article about hiking with kids interesting.  Check it out, perhaps you will too.
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Violet looking at the mountains

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

This is one of my favorite pictures of Violet.  It portrays the feeling of calm vastness that is an essential element of the Appalachian Trail.  There is so much there, so much to see and you can only get an idea of the grand picture.

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Gear review

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

I have been subscribed to do some backpack gear testing for http://www.backpackgeartest.org/ for sometime now and finally have completed the first draft of my owner review of the SteriPen adventurer.  I will include a link to the review on here once I have had the chance to edit it with the help of my mentor [...] Read more »

Refocus

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

We have decided to refocus the blog to our outdoor adventures.  These adventures will include mostly backpacking, but also biking, geocaching, hiking, and some other travel adventures that may occur.  We will be talking about hikes we are planning as well as some other things.
Gear reviews will also be included here, but more about that [...] Read more »

Edwin Warner Park

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Yesterday Missie and I took Violet for a walk out to Edwin Warner Park. We hiked the Harpeth Woods Trail and found a geocache entitled bats (GCN4VR).

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