Outdoors
Biking
Biking has become a huge part of our life. Rick has always been a big mountain biker. Rick grew up mountain biking with his Dad and continues biking with his Dad, including an annual trip to the Grand Canyon. Mal picked up cycling after being diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia (see Our Story). She loves road biking and bikes about 1,000 miles each year, including a bike race or every year. The kids get to experience both mountain and road biking from an early age starting out in our bike trailer.
Big Sister is getting ready for her fifth bike race with Mal! Our bikes go everywhere that we go.
Kayaking
Hiking
Hiking is one of our favorite things to do. Our first date was even a hike to a waterfall which won major brownie points for Rick. Our hiking has evolved over the years as we have added to our family and we have found many kid-friendly hikes that we all enjoy. We love snowshoeing when we get the chance!
Camp(fire)ing
We have several campfires and camping trips each year. Sometimes we just go up the canyon and enjoy a warm campfire to make our dinner and have some S'mores. Other times we pack up for an overnighter somewhere. Every summer we have a campout for our family reunion and each fall we have a campout with Grandpa and Grandma.
Parks
We love exploring new parks and seeing new places. We take along the hammock, frisbee and soccer ball. Big Sister loves to climb trees with Dad's help or rollerblading. Little Sister loves the hammock and Brother has fun on his bike or scooter. We love to go for walks and have picnics or feed the ducks. And of course we love sledding in the winter!
