As the parent of four children, I witness an improvement in family dynamics whenever we are able to spend time outside together as a family. Whether it’s just playing games or better still going on a family hike or bike ride, we just seem to get along better outside. Conversations come more easily and we […]
I’m serving on an exploratory committee for our municipality, Flat Rock, NC that is studying the feasibility of converting an unsuccessful 55 acre golf course into a public park. If the park becomes a reality I foresee differences in opinion over what the playground “should” look like. Having already heard public comment in which well-intentioned […]
I’m going to use pumpkin carving as a metaphor for how ridiculously high the bar is being set in our global and digitized world. In my youth, my parents would present me my annual pumpkin a few days before Halloween. I would take my knife, hack out a couple triangles for eyes and a nose, […]
Thanks to photographic evidence pulled from instructor cameras, we have confirmed a few different things about The Adventure Treks 2012 summer: there was lots of singing, we played hard on everything from mountain bikes to whitewater rafts, danced more than we sang, made lots of new friends, and had a lot of fun. Hope you […]
Happy fall! Although your summer trip ended a while ago – and I’m sure you probably feel you have been back in school for forever, here at Adventure Treks, we haven’t even begun to slow down. it still feels like summer! We only had five days between ending our summer season and beginning our fall […]
Thanks for all you did to make Adventure Treks 2012 special! From The Blue Ridge Mountains to the White Mountains to the Rockies to the Uintas to the Trinity Alps to the Cascades to the Chugach, we sure had a lot of fun together. Have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend and enjoy this short “thank […]
The boarding announcement interrupted a great conversation between Caleb, Jesse, Henry and Instructors Tracy, Steph and I. The students quickly hopped on the plane and just like that… the summer was over… and so was the magic. The last nine trips ended as strongly as I can remember. The students formed close and inclusive communities. […]
The Adventure Treks season is winding down. I have just said goodbye to the wonderful Colorado kids and am eager to see The Utah students for their final night – then it’s on to Portland, Seattle and back to Portland. Meanwhile Alaska 2 is saying their goodbyes. But much is still going on! Cal Challenge […]
I’m on another Delta jet today, leaving the Blue Ridge trip and Camp Pinnacle for the Pacific Northwest to debrief with our Leadership Summit instructors (their trips ended yesterday) and help open the Pacific Northwest Adventure and Pacific Northwest Experience 2. I also hope to get some mountain biking or climbing in with Ultimate Northwest […]
During the summer, planes are the only opportunity where I can get enough uninterrupted time to jot down a few thoughts. I’m currently enroute to Anchorage to help with the opening of Alaska 2. It’s a typically busy day at Adventure Treks! 14 of our 15 instructor teams are doing great things with students while […]