Backpacking Essentials: How to Get Where You’re Going

OUR BACKPACKING ESSENTIALS SERIES FOCUSES ON KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, GEAR, AND TIPS FOR BACKPACKING SUCCESSFULLY. Today on Backpacking Essentials, we're going to discuss one of the most crucial planning decisions, how you are going to get to your destination. Getting to and from your trailhead is definitely not the most fun part of setting out into … Continue reading Backpacking Essentials: How to Get Where You’re Going

Kraft Family Vacation: Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and Glacier, Part III

We're back with the final installment of our family vacation 2021! If you missed the previous posts, you can find them here and here. Today we're sharing the second half of our trip, our visit to Glacier National Park! This was Jordan's and my second visit to Glacier, as we had road-tripped and backpacked through … Continue reading Kraft Family Vacation: Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and Glacier, Part III

Backpacking Essentials: Where Are We Going?

OUR BACKPACKING ESSENTIALS SERIES FOCUSES ON KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, GEAR, AND TIPS FOR BACKPACKING SUCCESSFULLY. Kate and I spend quite a bit of our vacation time hiking and backpacking, and we plan most of our vacations in locales that allow us to split our time between the backcountry and civilization. Deciding where to go, how to … Continue reading Backpacking Essentials: Where Are We Going?

Backpacking Essentials: Gear 101

OUR BACKPACKING ESSENTIALS SERIES FOCUSES ON KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, GEAR, AND TIPS FOR BACKPACKING SUCCESSFULLY. After writing our last post, the first installment about our 2015 vacation to Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks, Jordan and I thought it might be helpful to share what equipment we like to take on our backpacking journeys. We have had … Continue reading Backpacking Essentials: Gear 101