I’m too tired to write. Here’s the link to my Newschannel 13 Live at Noon segment. And if you are my personal FB friend and you “like” Capital District Fun, I apologize for inundating you with this link over and over again. Tonight I was still working on the KidsOutAndAbout.com newsletter, and meanwhile J was … [Read more…]
I heard from Ash B’Dash the Geocacher (who’s added a bunch of Mine Kill and Max Shaul events to KidsOutAndAbout.com) and realized that I’d never followed up my posts on Geocaching at Mine Kill and Camping at Max Shaul with a post on our gorgeous hike at Mine Kill State Park. It was awesome. We … [Read more…]
Last Saturday morning we headed from our campsite to nearby Mine Kill State Park with vague plans to hike. Instead, serendipity led us smack into a “Learn to Geocache” event. Two young parks workers waited hopefully at a picnic table with a huge box of donuts, fresh coffee, handouts providing details on six “beginner” caches … [Read more…]
I managed to exhaust myself today, so I’m wimping out and just sharing a couple of pictures with you. First, here’s J all death-defying and triumphant: This awesome, ladder-like tree and others like it are available for climbing in the woods on the far side of our town soccer fields. Now, that’s what I call … [Read more…]
I just realized that I forgot to post about M’s favorite activity during our Mother-Daughter Camp-out: fairy houses! One of the dads had encountered amazing fairy houses in his travels. (A little closer to home, you can find some fairy houses at the Berkshire Botanical Garden.) He and his daughter were excited to share the … [Read more…]
On Saturday and Sunday, M and I joined a huge group of Girl Scouts, several GS mamas, and a couple of guys for an overnight at Hidden Lake Camp. I just mentioned this camp recently, in my Girl Power Summer Camps post, because they’re hosting a family camping program over Memorial Day Weekend. It wasn’t … [Read more…]
Over the weekend, The Daily Gazette included a list of Schenectady County hikes. I compared it to my list of Family-Friendly Hikes and realized that I was missing some, so I updated the page for you. At the bottom I’ve also included a couple of my favorite local nature-appreciation blogs as well, just in case … [Read more…]
We spent Saturday night camping at Glimmerglass State Park with folks from our church. I had never been to Glimmerglass–or Cooperstown at all, for that matter–so it was a new adventure. I wasn’t actually psyched about it. I’m getting lazier as the summer wears on, and the prospect of packing up the car for a … [Read more…]
A reader asked on Facebook: I would love some reviews of the pools at Saratoga State Park. Which is better? Are they typically crowded? Worth the drive from Schenectady? Appropriate for 1 year-old, 3-year-old, 8-year-old? Tips from other moms? I’ve never gone swimming there (and won’t, of course, today)–anybody else have advice to share?
One of the many items Cute W decided that we needed to pack for our Lake Placid trip was our washers game. Washers is the perfect casual, backyard, while-you’re-having-a-barbecue game. After playing it at a friend’s house, handy Cute W whipped up this frame–there are two of them. Rules vary from player to player, but … [Read more…]
