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Up until now our daughter (age seven, ~ 48 inches tall, ~ 50 lbs) has carried a small Camelback or has not carried a pack at all. We'd like to get her a good daypack (not sure of capacity yet) so she can start to carry a little more weight. Any recommendations on packs your kids have used and...

Condensed version: We hiked in the Dolomites in 2011. Loved it. Returned in July this year. Loved it again. See pictures. :D Link: Dolomites 2013 Long version: Steve, Norah, and I spent two weeks hiking in the Dolomites in 2011 and we were hooked. The stunning scenery, delicious food...

Hey folks. I have a friend who is buying some clothing for an upcoming vacation to Iceland. Cold temps and she will be out photographing the auroras at night, so mix of walking to sites and standing around while taking pictures. She's having a hard time finding thermal layer and snow/ski pants...

In August we returned to Montana and Wyoming for our fourth annual trip. Our two weeks were a mix of hiking, backpacking, running, fishing, geyser gazing, and sightseeing in the Beartooth Mountains, the Wind River Range, Yellowstone, and the Tetons. All our pictures with trip notes are posted...

Our pictures and a few trip notes are posted here. This is the summary from our website and I've included some favorite pictures below. Thanks for looking! In March 2012, Steve, Norah, and I returned to the southwest for another fantastic trip through the canyons and rocks of northern Arizona...

The trip report in a nutshell: Two adults, one 3.75 year old, one backpack, two weeks in Italy. Seven rifugios, twelve nights in the mountains, and a whole lot of jaw dropping scenery. One amazing trip! The Dolomites 2011 The longer version (copied from our website): Steve, Norah, and I...

This is the third post from our recent trip to Montana and Wyoming (the first two are The Beartooth Mountains and Yellowstone). The final part of our trip was a five day backpacking trip in The Wind River Range in western Wyoming. We read the trip reports and we saw the pictures, so we knew it...

During our two week trip in MT/WY we were in and out of Yellowstone. The first week we spent in a cabin in Cooke City (I posted that part of the trip here), five miles from the northeast entrance of Yellowstone and could easily pop into Lamar Valley in the evenings to watch for wildlife and...

This August we made our third annual trip to Cooke City, MT to rendezvous with my parents. Cooke City is nestled in the Beartooth Mtns near the MT/WY border, five miles from the northeast entrance of Yellowstone. It's a perfect base for fishing, hiking, exploring Yellowstone, wildlife watching...

We had such a great time in the Beartooths last year that we returned again this August for a two week vacation. Last year we originally chose the location as it was convenient to meet my parents (~ eight hour drive for them from northwest Nebraska) and Cooke City, nestled in the Beartooth...

Seeing the thread about the Obamas visiting Bar Harbor prompted me to post this ... (btw, think it's cool we have a president that does some hiking!). Just wanted to share some pictures from our trip in June. We normally split our time between Acadia and Baxter (we usually go in September), but...

Hiked above on 5/30/10, perfect trail conditions...best I have ever seen, completely dry. Bugs we non-existent, possibly due to high winds.

We're heading there next month and we have the maps, books, etc but wanted to see if anybody had recommendations on their must sees there. We'll be camping in the park for three nights. This is probably a long shot, but if you've been to the Channel Islands, would love to hear about your...

Or, what we did on our summer vacation. :) We had the opportunity to take a month off and decided to split our time between Montana (Yellowstone, Beartooth Wilderness, Glacier National Park) and the Canadian Rockies (Banff, Yoho, and Mt. Assiniboine Parks). While planning a month long...

I know there are some members here familiar with Glacier and the Canadian Rockies (I know, big area, lol) and I'm looking for some recommendations/advice on transportation (although it's kind of a long shot). We had a two week vacation planned for the Beartooth Mtns and Glacier National Park...

We just watched it last night. It's about a group of blind kids from Tibet that attempt Lhakpa-Ri (a 23,000 foot peak opposite the North Ridge of Mt Everest) with Erik Weihenmayer (the blind mountain climber who has done the seven summits). Although the film is centered around the climb, the...

We're heading to Bar Harbor and Baxter end of this week and so far it looks like some potential rain while we're in Bar Harbor. I know the hardcore VFTTers would be out hiking, kayaking, biking, and wrestling seals in the rain, but we'll have our ten month old and won't be doing any hiking in...

I typically order smaller prints, so quality isn't as important. But now I need to get some prints done (8x10 and some larger than that) and would like to hear your suggestions on websites to use. Thanks! ETA: one of the pictures is a panoramic shot, so I need to be able to keep the...

I only post trip reports once in a blue moon, but figured since Steve and I were probably the last VFTT souls to make it to Maine, I thought I might as well post a report. :D Over Labor Day we spent a week in Maine visiting Baxter, the Bold Coast, and Acadia. Given my "motherly condition"...

Each time we go to the ADKs I see ads for this new center. I thought it looked like a neat place to visit, but just saw it's $14 per person. :eek: Has anybody been? Is it worth it?