Camping With Kids
Back-to-School Week When Dad Is Going Back Too
August 12, 2025Teacher planning days, a new first grader, a fourth grader with opinions and one calendar on the fridge. Our August reset at home.
Nico's First Fireflies and Other Small Wins in the Smokies
June 27, 2025Miami kids don't see many fireflies. A creek, a dark campground loop and a five-year-old who refused to go to bed. Notes from week one.
A Backyard Campout for Maya's Ninth Birthday
May 27, 2025Five third graders, one dome tent, a flashlight scavenger hunt and a 6 a.m. wake-up call from a mockingbird. How the night went.
Spring on the Bleachers: Why Our Camping Goes Quiet Until May
March 18, 2025From tryouts in late January to the playoffs, I'm at the ballpark most evenings. What baseball season looks like for the four of us.
Why Maya Keeps a Nature Journal on Every Trip
March 5, 2025Maya started drawing birds at Long Pine Key last winter. Now the journal goes on every trip, and it changed how all four of us look around.
Getting Two Miami Kids Through a 47-Degree Night in a Tent
January 29, 2025Our kids think 65 is sweater weather. The layers, hats, warm-bottle trick and bedtime routine that got everyone through to sunrise.