Our First Backpacking Trip as a Family – Point Backcountry Campsite

Backpacking has been something that we've always done - Jon and I went on our first backpacking trip together in 2001 and since we moved to Calgary we'd gone out at least once year until 2017 when E was born. It's taken us a few years to feel like we were able to get back …

May Long Weekend Camping – Park Lake Alberta

May Long weekend in Alberta is either glorious or awful weather-wise, and this year was the later. We weren't planning to go camping because of the likeliness of unpleasant weather but decided not to turn down an invite to join a group of families for the weekend. Which is how we found ourselves spending a …

Spring Camping in Washington State – Part 2: Deception Pass State Park

After our evening at Larrabee and our morning exploring Edison we got back on the road for the short drive to Deception Pass State Park. We weren't sure exactly what to expect when we arrived there but were pleasantly surprised to find that Cranberry Lake Campground was open and had plenty of spaces available. We …

Spring Camping in Washington State – Part 1: Getting There and Larrabee State Park

For spring break this year we decided to try something we'd never done - go camping for the week. I mean, we camp a fair bit (especially now that we've got the trailer) but we've never gone camping in March since Alberta can still be pretty chilly at that time. When I was planning the …

We Bought a Teardrop Trailer!

I've always said I didn't want a trailer because we didn't want to have to deal with storage, parking or all those other things that we associated with trailer ownership. But life with a small child has changed how we go about our adventures and we decided that having something that didn't require so much …