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Recent Blog Posts

Slow but still sublime: Backpacking the pink-granite coast of Bretagne

“Hey Dad, look back across the bay. I can still see that boulder island we were hiking on two days ago!” “Yeah, Sitka, you’re right. And...

Precipitous passes, neolithic emojis, and over-eager grocery-shopping : Hiking Hut to Hut on La Grande Traversée du Mercantour

Picture yourself lounging on the world’s best sunning rock: moulded perfectly to the curve of your back, with just the right pressure on...

Plan “B” is for Breathtaking: our unforgettable, impromptu family backpacking tour around majestic Mont Blanc

For two solid hours, we’d been climbing up steep, rocky switchbacks to reach le Col Ferret - a 2500-metre-high alpine saddle separating...

Our Europe Epic book is now available on Amazon!

Dearest friends: We are PSYCHED to announce the release of our second book - Bike Touring with Kids: the Europe Epic! It has all the best...

Summer 2024: The Great Pivot

As the snow thawed and the long days of sunlight returned to the Yukon this spring, we busily plotted out our next family adventure –...

Feeling wondrously small in Newfoundland and Labrador

Deer Lake to Anse-aux-Meadows, 694km (Tour Total 2,226km) “Welcome to the Big Land” reads the humongous blue highway placard at the...

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