Family Adventures Outdoors

A Return Trip I’ve spent many weekends through the years at the Pinckney State Rec Area. All have been with different people and different circumstances. This particular trip to Crooked Lake was over Mother’s Day weekend. The idea was giving my wife a weekend alone as a present and taking the three boys out on a camping trip. It’s the first time we’ve done this, but it seems like I might have started a tradition. Pinckney is one of the…

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Getting Ready to Camp I’ve spent the majority of my life camping on the regular in one way or another. I won’t call myself an expert, but I think I can safely consider myself pretty experienced. This, however, does not make me anywhere near infallible when it comes to trip prep. There always seems to be at least one thing that falls in the “I thought for sure we had that” category. When you’re newer to exploring the outdoors, this…

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