Tuesday, November 17, 2020
National Hiking Day
At Home Family Fun:
If you are the hibernating kind of family, you could prepare for the spring with these 7 Exercises You Can Do With Your Kids for Easier Hiking from Get Out With Kids.
Outing Idea:
If you embrace Minnesota winters, Three Rivers Park System recommends the follow parks for winter hiking:
- Baker Winter Trailhead
- Cleary Lake Regional Park
- Mississippi Gateway Regional Park
- French Regional Park
- Gale Woods Farm
- Eastman Nature Center
- Lowry Nature Center
- Richardson Nature Center
All of these parks rent snowshoes should you need them.
If you are looking for a like-minded community, sign up with the Hike It Baby: Twin Cities Branch.
Read Aloud:
- Rhoda’s Rock Hunt by local favorite, Molly Beth Griffin
- Bookflix: Pair Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson with I Like to Exercise by Lisa M. Herrington
Dinner Ideas
Start testing out backpacking meals now and you’ll know which ones you want to pack next summer when you start camping.
Dinner Conversation Starter: If you could go hiking anywhere, where would you want to go?
Learn More:
About Hiking from the American Hiking Society.
Find 30 Days of November Family Holidays on the corresponding pages