Outdoor Inspiration – September 13, 2021

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Our weekly post highlighting the best online content and most useful tips written by Outdoor Parents! If you want to get these posts every day, follow our Facebook page. You won't typically find gear reviews or travel guides here - on this site we focus on the skills and inspiration to help you get outside and stay outside with your kids. We also believe that everyone should feel welcome in the outdoors, so we share articles by parents and outdoors-people of color to make sure everyone is learning each other's perspectives. This week we also want to highlight two exciting…

Quantifying the Outdoor Family

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What does it look like to keep doing big adventures with your family after you have kids? What is the secret to success? What is "normal" in outdoor parenting? I think many people wonder what other families do, either because they feel it's impossible and don't know where to start or because they feel inadequate with how much they are doing. There is so much data out there about what is "normal" in other parts of parenting: sleep, learning, etc, but not much for outdoor adventuring. I have been doing interviews for a few years, but those are just snapshots…

Outdoor Inspiration – September 6, 2021

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Our weekly post highlighting the best online content and most useful tips written by Outdoor Parents! If you want to get these posts every day, follow our Facebook page. You won't typically find gear reviews or travel guides here - on this site we focus on the skills and inspiration to help you get outside and stay outside with your kids. We also believe that everyone should feel welcome in the outdoors, so we share articles by parents and outdoors-people of color to make sure everyone is learning each other's perspectives. Hopefully, this encourages you to plan your next outdoor…

Outdoor Inspiration – August 30, 2021

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Our weekly post highlighting the best online content and most useful tips written by Outdoor Parents! If you want to get these posts every day, follow our Facebook page. You won't typically find gear reviews or travel guides here - on this site we focus on the skills and inspiration to help you get outside and stay outside with your kids. We also believe that everyone should feel welcome in the outdoors, so we share articles by parents and outdoors-people of color to make sure everyone is learning each other's perspectives. Hopefully, this encourages you to plan your next outdoor…

Outdoor Inspiration – August 23, 2021

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Our weekly post highlighting the best online content and most useful tips written by Outdoor Parents! If you want to get these posts every day, follow our Facebook page. You won't typically find gear reviews or travel guides here - on this site we focus on the skills and inspiration to help you get outside and stay outside with your kids. We also believe that everyone should feel welcome in the outdoors, so we share articles by parents and outdoors-people of color to make sure everyone is learning each other's perspectives. Hopefully, this encourages you to plan your next outdoor…

Outdoor Inspiration – August 16, 2021

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Our weekly post to highlight the best online content and most useful tips written by Outdoor Parents! If you want to get these posts every day, follow our Facebook page. You won't typically find gear reviews or travel guides here - on this site we focus on the skills and inspiration to help you get outside and stay outside with your kids. We also believe that everyone should feel welcome in the outdoors, so we share articles by parents and outdoors-people of color to make sure everyone is learning each other's perspectives. Hopefully, this encourages you to plan your next…

Outdoor Inspiration for August 2021

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Our monthly post to highlight the best writing, podcasts, and videos created by Outdoor Parents the previous month!  You won't typically find gear reviews or travel guides here - on this site we focus on the skills and inspiration to help you get outside and stay outside with your kids. We also believe that everyone should feel welcome in the outdoors, so we share articles by parents and outdoors-people of color to make sure everyone is learning each other's perspectives. These links are also shared daily on our Facebook page as we find them. So if you’d like to read…

Interview: Audrey Withycombe (hiking, camping, biking, boating, skiing)

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Our latest interview is with Audrey Withycombe who has created an amazing podcast called Outdoorsy Families - I suggest you all go and subscribe to it right now. I've been looking for a while for an outdoor parenting podcast and I was excited to hear about hers. In this interview, she shares what it's like to be an outdoor parent while raising kids full-time on a summer camp. I hope you enjoy it and find it helpful like I did! Name: Audrey WithycombeLocation: Northern Minnesota at a summer camp on a lakeFamily Activities: Hike, camp, mountain bike, motorboat, fish, canoe,…

Outdoor Inspiration for July 2021

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Our monthly post to highlight the best writing and most useful tips written by Outdoor Parents the previous month!  You won't typically find gear reviews or travel guides here - on this site we focus on the skills and inspiration to help you get outside and stay outside with your kids. We also believe that everyone should feel welcome in the outdoors, so we share articles by parents and outdoors-people of color to make sure everyone is learning each other's perspectives. Going forwards we are also going to be sharing these links right away on our Facebook page as we…

Interview: Molly and Cole Foss (camping, hiking, fishing, biking)

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After a hiatus, we are back with a new interview, this time with a family I met through the Backpacking with Babies and Kids Facebook page. They have created a website and blog (Camping Critterz) dedicated to helping parents go camping with their families. We hope you enjoy the interview and also check out their website! Name: Molly Foss (Momma Critter) and Cole Foss (Daddy Critter) Location: Minneapolis area, MN, USAFamily Activities: Camping, hiking, fishing, bikingKids: 4 yo (aka Tiny Critter)Work Schedule: Cole works a standard 8-4 M-F job (working from home the last 1.5 years) and Molly is a…