Week 9 Summer 2011 Adventure with Kids -Cascade Head, real-life, and an act of kindness-

So, my nephew Burkhard from  Germany knows I am doing this Summer 2011 Weekly Adventure with Kids blog, and as we are experiencing Week Number 9, climbing Cascade Head to the top where my friend Megan had suggested we hike to, my 8-year-old begins to have a hard time....

Timberline Trail and “Last Child Left in the Woods” — Week 8 Adventure with Kids ~ Summer 2011

My daughter is home from Germany, so it is with joy that I write about Week 8 Adventure with Kids ~ Summer 2011, with her along! Rachel’s   fiancé Stefan is also with us as well as my nephew Burkhard, whose sister Birgit had visited us for the summer 2005. The twins...

JUNIOR HIGH CHURCH CAMP at Riverview Bible Camp is Week 7 ~ ADVENTURE with Kids Summer 2011

I  just returned from five days away at Riverview Bible Camp on the Pend O’Reille River  as a junior high church camp counselor. I had a cabin filled with 10 almost-eighth grade girls,     and my 13-yeard-old twin sonswere in tow, part of a cabin filled with...

Week 6- Adventure with Kids ~ Summer 2011 Audubon Society trails in woods

As I prepare to leave to be a counselor for Junior High Church Summer Camp with my 13-year-old twins tomorrow for what will be week 7 Adventure galore, I finally download my photos from this week, and post my Week 6 ~ Summer 2011 Adventures with Kids blog. Too many...

West Linn Old Time Fair – The magic of just being there is WEEK 5 ~ ADVENTURE with Kids Summer 2011

Sometimes your adventure is in your very neighborhood. At a fair where you learn to “just be.”  We got a taste of spending a bit more time at the West Linn Old Time Fair last year, and this year matched that, attending two of the three days and a longer stretch on...

Week 4 ~ Summer 2011 Adventures with Kids Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

The idea for our fourth Summer 2011 Adventures with Kids to visit Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge was found in a book called Getting Around Portland With Kids. I am getting so excited about these weekly adventures with my children to explore new territory in the...

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