Now that you’ve spent most of the year having outdoor adventures with us, you’ve probably found one or more special places to enjoy. Want to make them even more special? Try building a fort in your..
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Topics: 20 Great Adventures
Last year, my young cousin visited me on his way driving from New York to Los Angeles. He explained that they would be driving to Salt Lake City after leaving my house. “Why Salt Lake City?” I asked...
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Topics: 20 Great Adventures
Have you ever felt the excitement of a treasure hunt? A true mysterious treasure hunt, where you unravel clues and decipher codes to find an unknown bounty? Many of us haven’t searched for treasure..
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Topics: 20 Great Adventures
Summer is in full swing and Coloradoans are flocking to lakes, streams and rivers. If you are one of these people, chances are you have sent leaves, sticks or bark floating downstream. Next time, put..
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Topics: 20 Great Adventures
April showers bring May flowers, and May is a great month to learn to press flowers! Some of the early season blooms, like spring beauties or violets form beautiful silhouettes when pressed flat...
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Topics: 20 Great Adventures
There’s an entire world of small (macro to be precise) creatures (of the invertebrate variety) living between, beneath and attached to rocks, pebbles, sticks in a creek nearby. Take your family on a..
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Topics: 20 Great Adventures
The history of a place or culture can illuminate many things – from simple facts about the past, to current laws, maps, and peoples, to how we view ourselves and our place within a larger community...
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Topics: 20 Great Adventures
The history of a place or culture can illuminate many things – from simple facts about the past, to current laws, maps, and peoples, to how we view ourselves and our place within a larger community...
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Topics: 20 Great Adventures
For our next Great Adventure, I invite you to break out a pencil and a pad of paper. If you want to get real wild, I welcome you to add some colored pencils or crayons to the mix. Have you guessed it..
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Topics: 20 Great Adventures, Curious Nature
Want a science adventure that sticks? Let your child be the scientist. I had such an experience in fifth grade, when I demonstrated to my class the volcanoes we’d built in science class at my..
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Topics: 20 Great Adventures
