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A Beginners Guide on How to Plan A Day Adventure
Day adventuring is something we do often around here. I got to thinking that I have so many posts about family adventures and all our day adventures but I don’t tell you how to plan a day adventure. Below I have outline the simple step by step process I take to find these gems, I…
Best Hiking Games For Bored Kids
There are lots of hiking games that you can play while on a trail. But some are not fun, or the story that you are making up, you forget, or the scavenger hunt that you are holding gets ripped, dropped or ruined. We’ve been there. The first hiking game that we started was “What’s your…
Family Road Trip Planner
We have taken many many family road trips over the years. Never did I think that I needed a planner. That was until we started taken multiple family road trips, in the same year. That is when I decided that I needed a family road trip planner to help with all the chaos in my…
RV Camping Planner
I used to think that an RV camping planner was a waste of time. Well…that was until we LOST AN EMAIL! And we had no idea where we were camping. SMH! How do you lose an email?? David will tell you that he didn’t lose the email. He deleted it on accident and no, he…
Beginners Guide to Weekend Warrior Camping
We enjoy being a weekend warrior camping family. Do we wish we could camp more…shoot yeah! But for the time being, we are your typical weekend warriors. What is a weekend warrior you ask? It’s a fancy name for the weekend camper! Who usually only camps on the weekends, or holiday weekends or schedules a…
Fun ways to countdown until your next trip
Who’s ready to go camping?! Let me show you a couple fun ways to countdown until your next camping trip! It’s January and cold. We are looking forward to our next trip. We like to do some sort of countdown to any type of fun event coming up. We’ve made all kinds of countdowns in…
Road Trip Meal Plan
We have taken so many family road trips. Thus results in us becoming quite the road trip meal plan experts over the years. We try very hard not to eat out while we are traveling from point A to point B. This not only saves us money but time as well. Trying to get all…
Best gifts for kids who love adventure
Are you an adventure family? Do you love to spend time outdoors playing for hours? We have a list of adventure, outdoorsy presents for you. These are the gifts that will help promote creativity, play and adventure. Here are some of the best gifts for kids who love adventure. *This post might contain Amazon affiliate…
Best Backyard Gifts for Kids
We have an awesome list of the best backyard gifts for kids. We have tried or have most of them. These would be great gifts for a family or for your own family! We love to play outside and use our imagination during play. These gifts would promote all of that as well as getting…
Why is it awesome to camp in the fall?
Our favorite time of year to go camping is the fall! Hands down without a doubt, we love to camp in the fall. There are so many reasons to camp in the fall, but we’ve chosen our top favorites. *This post might contain Amazon affiliate links, which means that I will earn from qualifying purchases…
Planning Your Fall RV Trip
When you are planning your fall RV trip, what questions run through your mind? Mine are: **Related Post: Why is it awesome to camp in the fall? *This post might contain Amazon affiliate links, which means that I will earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. Location Location Location… Where do you…
RV camping menu plan
Today I am going to share what we ate while we were camping in Leadville, CO. Our RV camping menu isn’t too fancy, nor is it too complicated. I don’t use 17 spices and weird sauces. But I do try to make a few things ahead of time to minimize prep and cook times at…
Garden of the Gods Scavenger Hunt
In the summer, Garden of the Gods is busy. Sometimes you are waiting for a parking spot. And sometimes there is traffic. The park is a loop. I HIGHLY recommend completing the whole loop. The kids might get a little restless. This is where the scavenger hunt comes to the rescue! That is how the…
Tips For RV Camping in the Fall
6 Best Tips for RV Camping in the Fall Sitting in your comfy chair at camp, looking at the beautiful leaves colors, enjoying the crisp cool air. Nothing beats RV camping in the fall. Our favorite time of year to camp is in the fall. We have actually camped more in the fall than we…
13 Super Fun Family Outdoor Adventure Ideas
I’m always trying to come up with new adventure ideas for the kids. Which then always leads me to trying to find fun things for us to do together on the weekends. The kids like to help with trying to find fun family adventures. This time we came up with a list of 13 family…
10 Awesome Outdoor Family Adventures To Have At Home
When we think of a family adventure we think of something away from home. But there are so many fun outdoor family adventures to have at home. **Related Post – What is a Family Adventure ** Related post – Beginner Guide to Fun Family Adventures Outdoor Family Adventures at Home: I have listed a few…
What is a Family Adventure
Adventure is what you make of it, wherever that might be. When you hear the word adventure, what are your first thoughts? A great exploration into the unknown, exciting new challenges like ziplining through the Rain Forest, or how about an exotic African safari? That is what most think of when they hear adventure. That’s…
Beginner’s Guide To Fun Family Time Adventures
Who wants to go on a fun family adventure? We LOVE adventures over here at Dirt Road Family Adventures. It’s in our blog name…that’s how much we love family adventures. We love to plan adventures, talk about past adventures, but mostly, we just love to be on any type of adventure. Our kids love to…
Finding Adventure Around Us
It’s rained here in STL every day for what feels like weeks. In between the rain I try to get the kids outside. Sometimes everyone is happy. And then some times one kid or all, are not. I try to be the fun mom. Sometimes it backfires on me. Today, it rained yet again! Our…
What gear to bring off roading with the kids
Let’s take the kids on a jeep trail this weekend!!! Great idea…what do we need to bring with us? Do you know what kind of gear to bring off roading with the kids? Best Types of gear to bring off roading There is going to be general types of gear you bring with you when…
Beginners Guide To Jeeping With Kids
How do you get started jeeping with kids? We love to go jeeping. We love to take the kids with us too. They have so much fun going over rocky bumps and exploring the forests. We want to see more families out on the trail with us. Our kids want more kids to do the…
Adventure Resources For Your Dirt Road Experience
We love to go on adventures. In order to make these fun adventures come to life there is a good deal of planning involved. We want to share with you the resources that we use. Our Top 5 Adventure Resources that you need to follow How many of these adventure resources do you already use?…
