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July 3, 2025

Family Travel & Adventure Gear Picks: REI 4th of July Summer Deals

If you are anything like our family, you have many adventures on the horizon for this summer. First, I would love to know what your summer plans are, or at least what you are most looking forward to! Leave us a comment below, and let us know what is on the top of your summer adventure list! And next, I (as an REI affiliate) want to make sure you know, that there is an excellent 4th of July Sale happening now until July 7, 2025, and in some cases beyond.

Here you’ll see just a quick selection of items that stood out to me, but head to the full site to see ALL THE DEALS. Navigate by category, gender, type of sport, and more in order to find the deals that best suit your family’s adventure needs! Are you an REI Member? If not, the $30 lifetime membership is more than worth your investment between member-only deals, coupons, yearly dividend, and more.

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December 5, 2023

Best Holiday Deals for Outdoor Adventure Families

We’re well into the holiday season! Maybe you took advantage of all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday/Week deals, and you are all set for gift giving. Kudos to you! If not though, and you are still in search of the perfect gift, we’ve got you covered with plenty of ideas and deals for your outdoor and adventure loving people.

Late last week, I was out shopping for pajamas for my family. An annual tradition that I absolutely adore, but also seems to always take longer than I anticipate. Over the loudspeaker, on repeat, the announcer would ask, “Shopping for last minute gifts?”, and continued on about how I was in the right place. LAST minute gifts? On December 1st? Is it just me, or are we constantly being made to feel like we are behind?

For the record, I’m here to say: Who cares what the big box store loudspeaker says? You are not behind. Take your time, and enjoy this precious season with your family.

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November 28, 2023

Night Walking Safety Tips | How We Stay Safe While Talking Daily Evening Walk

Let’s talk about walking at night!

Now that the sun sets in the late afternoon (currently 4:21pm for us), we will inevitably be in the dark at some point during our daily afternoon walk. Our youngest doesn’t out of school until after 3:30pm, so that really doesn’t leave us a lot of daylight.

I’m not willing to give that outdoor time up. Over the years, we have figured out strategies to stay safe walking in the dark. To tell you the truth, when we lived in the city, it wasn’t a huge concern of ours. Living in such density comes with a lot of light and activity! Don’t get me wrong, we took precautions, but not to the extent we do now that we live in a more suburban area.

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November 27, 2023

Best Cyber Monday Deals for Outdoorsy Families

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, it is time to officially welcome in the holiday season! When do you start celebrating? Are you a part of the after Halloween crowd? Maybe you are like us, and wait until after Thanksgiving? You might even be more of a traditionalist and begin your preparation on the first day of advent (December 3rd this year, 2023).

How ever you celebrate, I wanted to share some of the best Cyber Monday Deals that I have found. In one way or another these items will make your travel and outdoor adventures easier, more meaningful, more enriching, and/or more fun!

I hope this guide gets the giving juices flowing for you, and I wish you all the best on this Cyber Monday, and throughout the holiday season!

Woom Bikes: Up to 30% off / Botanical Interest: 20% off site wide / Name Bubbles: 30% off site wide /

Sunday Afternoon Hats: 25% off, plus use code CYBER23 for an EXTRA 25% off! / MyCharge Portable Charger: 20% off

Muck Boots: 25% off site wide / Nat Geo Rock Tumbler: 27% off / Keen: Up to 50% off / Woolly: Save 20-50% off / Nuu Muu: Save up to 30% off / Window Bird Feeder: Just $23.99!

Have you started your holiday shopping? What Cyber Monday deals are you most excited about?

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September 28, 2023

What are the Best Seattle Area Kid Friendly Hikes?

Especially as a mom tethered to naptime, and not wanting to spend too much time in the car with my young children, I sought out hikes within a reasonable distance from my home in Seattle.

Lucky for me, I quickly learned that I didn’t have to travel far to have grand adventures (in the Seattle area) with my kids.

Catch-up Hikes: Denny Creek Water Slide Trail near WA’s Snoqualmie Pass | WildTalesof.com — Hiking with my son (3-years old) while pregnant with my daughter: Denny Creek Waterslide, Snoqualmie Pass.

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March 2, 2023

Keep Washington’s Waterways Clean: Use a Medicine Take-Back Program

This shop has been compensated by Inmar Intelligence and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ConsumerDrugTakeBackWashington

As a Seattle area resident, it’s a matter of pride that we as a region have some of the purest, freshest water in the country. When we travel, and can’t drink the water that comes from the faucet in some of the places we visit, I’m reminded of how lucky we are to have this resource at our fingertips.

On the other hand, I love to brag to guests who are visiting us that they are about to experience the best of the best as they fill their glasses with our clean, delightfully tasting H20. I knew our drinking water was special early on in my life as a Seattleite but didn’t really learn why until Bergen, our 11-year-old son, was a baby.

In the summer of 2012, we visited the Cedar River Watershed, which supplies 1.5 million people in the Greater Seattle area with clean drinking water. While touring the watershed, and former town of Cedar Falls, I learned that the water is so clean that it doesn’t require filtration. That’s only true for 4 other drinking-water systems in the country. As I watched the sparkling flow cascade down at Cedar River Falls, I wondered how the water could be so blue. The reason: It’s just WATER. 100% H20.