Hiking with Kids
Tips for Big Hikes for Little Ones A recent hike with my exuberant little niece made me think of how important it is to get your kids out into nature. Here are a few tips to help you addict your kids to hiking: Make it...
Adventure
Getting Unplugged
“People are meant to connect with natural places. It is good for the human soul for people to explore their relationship with the places where they live.” There was a time not too long ago that I felt more connected to my iphone than to the...
Arches National Park: Over the Rainbow
[caption id="attachment_438" align="alignleft" width="800" caption="Photo by Helene Lohr, Arches National Park, UT, 2012"][/caption] "Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the...
You Won’t Meet Charlie
You won’t meet Charlie if you speed on by. If you book your regular cushy first class seat on the plane you’ll cruise above him at a cool 30,000 feet. Cruising along the Interstate you’ll blaze right on by without a moments thought. Even if you...
A Bridge to Everywhere
[caption id="attachment_393" align="alignleft" width="800" caption="Photo by Helene Lohr, Navajo Bridge, AZ, 2010"][/caption] I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within. ~Lillian Smith Travel is a bridge to everywhere....
Letters From Home
“To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.”~ Phyllis Theroux Every day I'd go to my post box, key in hand, knowing that a letter would be there. A glimpse of the red, white and blue...
How Big is Your World?
[caption id="attachment_382" align="alignleft" width="720"] Photo by Helene Lohr, Santa Rosa Plateau, 2010[/caption] "Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence" ~Eleanor Roosevelt Your 4 walls: The...