Thank You Sarah (Frey) Rose and Frey Foundation! Over the 2011 holiday, Getting Kids Outdoors was honored to receive a donation from Ms. Sarah (Frey) Rose, trustee of the Frey Foundation. These funds are to be used to support GKO and its efforts to do what it does best - get kids outdoors! On behalf of Getting Kids Outdoors' volunteers and partners, we would like...
In the fall of 2009, my husband Todd and I decided our kids were old enough to be introduced to the joys of backpacking. Before having kids we had taken many backpacking trips out West. After having kids we switched to car camping out West, in the U.P. and at Sleeping Bear Dunes. Knowing that our kids were comfortable with rustic accommodations, it was time to...
Early Winter
Bay View Woods Exploring the winter woods Snowshoeing Looking for animal tracks Directions: Located of US31 just north of down town Petoskey
Mid-Winter
Petoskey State Park in the winter Snowshoeing or hiking the trails Climbing up Mt. Baldy Exploring ice caves along shoreline Directions: From Petoskey follow M-119 towards Harbor Springs...
“To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.”
- Mohandas K. Gandhi
- Mohandas K. Gandhi
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