Category Archives: Hiking
Biking “Dead Roads”
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Biking “Dead Roads”
Last time, we hiked our newly found “Dead Road”… today we decided to bike it to where another road is suppose to intersect with it and lead to a small pond. We hoped to check out the pond and maybe find a new place to primitive camp out in the middle of the national forest.
We figured biking to it to check it out would be a lot faster and on bikes we could go a lot farther than on foot…
Hiking “Dead Roads”
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Hiking “Dead Roads”
The other day, out riding around and hiking in the national forest, we came across a series of “dead roads.” I was excited that we found new places to hike close to home! We looked at the map and started plotting where all these “dead roads” might lead and how we could walk for miles through forest by just following along these old roads that were no longer in use!
“Flip a Coin” Road Trip
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“Flip a Coin” Road Trip (and Roll the Dice)
With all the heavy rains the last couple weeks here in Deep East Texas, we decided hiking this weekend, was probably not a great idea. We couldn’t think of any trails that would be accessible and not a muddy mucky mess! So we decided to go for a drive!
As always, the question arises, “Where do you want to go?” The solution was easy… flip a coin!
Alphabet Photo Scavenger Hunt “In Nature”
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Alphabet Photo Scavenger Hunt “In Nature”
My family loves to hike and take nature walks on the weekends! We go so often that we know all the local trails forward and backwards, and honestly, it can get a bit mundane to just keep walking the same “ol’” trail each time, especially for kids. So we like to liven it up a bit with games! And as homeschoolers, games always turn into learning opportunities!
This time, we decided to have an Alphabet Scavenger Hunt “In Nature” using our Cameras 
Not only does this liven up the nature hikes, it is a fun and adventurous way for little ones to get exercise, learn to appreciate God’s creation, practice their phonics, photography and computer skills!
Geocaching
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Geocaching
My family loves to geocache!! What? You have never heard of geocaching? Well, it is defined by Geocaching.com as:
Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.
Yeah, so basically we get our GPS, download the coordinates to the “caches,” and go wander around back roads, hiking trails, and forests looking of containers that sometimes hold small trade items and sometimes it just has a log book to sign. We sign the log, trade an item (called swag) with one of equal value (if we choose to) and replace the cache just how we found it, log “found it” (or not) on the Geocaching app on my phone, and head off to the next one… It is a great family activity and it gets you out doing and seeing stuff you normally wouldn’t!!
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