for sure! you have to start early to teach your kids safe behaviour habits 🙂

100% in addition to being safe this way bright colours look good on photos 🙂

Thank you! 😅 According to my mom, I have my granny’s “smart-mouth” and temperament, so I probably would have gone on an angry rant towards that man while my fiance tried his hardest to calm me without specifically using the words “calm down” (it only took one time for him to realize those are horrible words to use when I’m passionately fuming about something)!

oh wow 500k? we are not yet attempting that 🙂 yes to bright pink! my friends used to laugh about me wearing pink all the time and make blonde-jokes. I’d say: I am the safest of all of you. All laughter dies once we started looking at photos after our Grand Canyon hike and they could not find themselves on the trail :)))) Both blonde and barbie-pink stood out clearly from any distance!

100% I’d recommend to always travel/hike with someone. especially to remote locations

thank you, not too many people talk about it. but when you have a runner 3yo you kinda have to make sure you can see him all the time! hahaha

thank you, happy you find these useful!

oh that IS a wonderful idea! I should definitely do a checklist! thank you for suggestion 🙂

I am happy you find this useful! it is cool that you can apply some ideas to different situations. Example: we’ve started following nature guides for people with disabilities [using a wheelchair] so my friends and other moms could enjoy nature with a baby stroller. Those wheelchair-accessible guides are also scarce, and stroller-accessible are literally non-existent. Here is why all of the hiking-guide posts on our blog are featuring info for parents with lil babies.

I know this really angers us as well. we grew up in a country that did not care for the environment at all – you’d go to the forest and you’ll be walking on trash…. there is a reason we moved to beautiful British Columbia so our son doesn’t have to see that.
…we’ve been on a hike here once with our friends coming from overseas. and one of the guys was walking down the trail and dropped a candy wrapping on the ground. I picked it up and handed it back to him saying hey you dropped it. He looked at me and is like “..eh I don’t need it, I ate my candy that’s garbage” ….ooohhhh he should have been smarter. I blew up! I was like: “look around you, do you see this beautiful place?! do you see any garbage around? why? do you know why this place is so stellar stunning? ‘cuz YOU live in another country!” 🤯 😂 🤣 ..well that was what I though anyways. I was somewhat nicer in my word, I am a Canadian after all 😂 🤣😂 🤣😂 🤣 He apologized. Never seen him dropping any stuff on the ground since. he even learned recycling by the end of his trip! hahahaha

thank you, hope this helps other parents with young kids to feel more confident getting outdoors!

thank you, happy you’ve found it useful

thank you. yes few things no one was ever telling us is the importance of bright clothing (everyone tries to blend in or look cool in black), and also the need for sunscreen while you live in Canada nowhere near a beach 🙂

yes 100% agree. “Stay on the trail” is a non-spoken must-follow rule in our family. ..and as for the cool peeps – I’d say that’s natural selection working its miracles 😂 🤣

100% make sure we let them enjoy nature while we still have it…

we’ve been on a hike once with our friends coming from overseas. and one of the guys was walking down the trail and dropped a candy wrapping on the ground. I picked it up and handed it back to him saying hey you dropped it. He looked at me and is like “..eh I don’t need it, I ate my candy that’s garbage” ….ooohhhh he should have been smarter. I blew up! I was like: “look around you, do you see this beautiful place?! do you see any garbage around? why? do you know why this place is so stellar stunning? ‘cuz YOU live in another country!” 🤯 😂 🤣 ..well that was what I though anyways. I was somewhat nicer in my word, I am a Canadian after all 😂 🤣😂 🤣😂 🤣 He apologized. Never seen him dropping any stuff on the ground since. he even learned recycling by the end of his trip! hahahaha

…oh bear spray…. we have mixed feelings about this. imagine someone comes to your home and when you come out to welcome them, they are pouring pepper spray into your face! in your own home! 😂🤣 but in all seriousness, yes it is better to be prepared.

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thank you, I’m thrilled you find these useful! if by spreading awareness and promoting preparedness we can keep even one accident from happening – our job is done well!

I know right… you can live without food for quite some time, but lack of water will undermine all the fun!

thank you, I have been sitting on those like forever… and then my friends encouraged me to start writing 🙂

..i’d say AT the hiking trail may be too late as you kinda-have to get ready in advance in wearing bright clothes and taking food, sunscreen and stuff… unless we post it and have a convenience store right next to it well.. selling bright clothing, food, first aid kits, natural organic sunscreen… 😆😂 🤣