Yellowstone National Park is the oldest national park in the U.S., spreading over 3,500 square miles with a varying landscape that beckons to be discovered. Families with young kids will find a plethora of things to learn about and explore, such as forests, canyons, waterfalls, geysers, hot springs, thermal pools, wilderness, as well as all the animals that call Yellowstone home. Our family spe...
Winter can be tough for people like us who love the outdoors. When the sun sets early and temperatures plunge, it can be tempting to cuddle up inside by the fire rather than bundle up for an outdoor adventure. But the shorter days and longer nights of winter do offer something that warmer, longer days don’t: night hikes. Since the the sun starts to dip behind the horizon well before bedti...
If you headed over to hikeitbaby.com last Wednesday in the wee hours of the morning, you may have come across this message:
“Just like your favorite trails, our site needs a break for maintenance. We'll be back soon! The server maintenance work will take place today, Wednesday (1/22) 10 pm - 1am PST.”
And this wasn’t just any ol’ website maintenance check. Big updates were coming to Hike it...
Whether you’re new to hiking with your baby or toddler, or you’re looking for a new trail to explore, the Hike it Baby community is a valuable resource for finding family hiking trails around the country. In this article, we share three kid-friendly hikes in West Virginia to explore with babies and young children.
Centrally located in the Eastern United States, West Virginia possesses the high...
For many of us, January is a time when we set new goals for the coming year to improve and be the best version of ourselves in every aspect of our life. To help reach healthy goals, many turn to fitness trackers as a way to maintain accountability. And while some offer more bells and whistles, the advantages to using fitness trackers to help in reaching those health and fitness goals are:
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Depending on where you live, it can be difficult to get your family and friends motivated to get outside in certain seasons. For those who live in the far north, winters can be brutally cold and icy. Summers can be unbearably hot and humid for those who live in the south. And for those of us who live in the Pacific Northwest, rainy season can kill our desire to get the kiddos suited up and out ...
The idea can conjure up images of dread for some parents. Piles of soaking wet clothes. Boots caked in mud. Tiny dirt handprints all over your car.
As you buckle giggling children with dirty faces into car seats, you think about how you can quickly clean up the mess. Wash up those dirty little faces. Get the clothes into the laundry. Hose off the boots. Scrub off the handprints.
Take a second...
In honor of National Bird Day in January, we wanted to share these stories of Benjamin Birdie to help inspire littles to be brave, spread their wings and never give up when things get tough.
Meet Benjamin Birdie, a little bird with a dream of flying. Despite his mother saying he's not quite ready, Benjamin decides to give it a shot. With the help of a menagerie of animals, Benjamin takes an ad...
Whether you’re new to hiking with your baby or toddler, or you’re looking for a new trail to explore, the Hike it Baby community is a valuable resource for finding family hiking trails around the country. In this article, we share three kid-friendly hikes in Nebraska to explore with babies and young children.
Hiking with young children (under 5 years old) is different from hiking with school-a...
I am shifting my gaze between [the woman talking] and my little guy as we lumber down the trail, shuffling after our kids. I am trying hard to make eye contact as I stifle a yawn. My mouth and face contort, trying to play it off like I’m just, I don’t even know, stretching my face. That’s not even a thing. It’s awkward and conspicuous and clearly a yawn, but I don’t want to seem rude.
I like t...
