My wife and I recently made a concerted effort to get the kids more involved in our daily chores. Although the kids are just 4 and 6 years of age, there is still plenty they can do around the house. We found chore charts online that did a fair job at outlining our expectations. The [...]

Although, I don’t think of myself as freakishly tall, I do realize that I am not average height. I am 6′ 6″ and that provides more than a few irritations. The simple truth is that most things don’t fit a body of this size. Lately, we have been using our wagon a lot and I got sick of the wagon wheels running up the back of my leg because of my long strides.

Google has partnered with Trimble Outdoors to gain access to GPS based hiking data. More partnerships with Backpacker, Bicycling and Mountain Bike magazines provide you with ample information to plan your next hike. Even better, is that you can export the hike to your GPS based phone when you are ready to take off. Go [...]