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Our Adventuring Family

Our RVing, hiking, adventuring, homeschooling family.

When I was a teenager, I was hit by a car while running. I'm a bit paranoid about safety now, so here's some tips and gear for running safely, night or day. Go to ouradventuringfamily.com to read all about it.

Tips and Gear for Running Safely

April 17, 2017

40 by 40

April 10, 2017

The Power of a Band Aid

April 3, 2017

6 Tips to Help You Establish New Hiking Habits

March 27, 2017

Planning Our Spring and Summer Adventures

March 20, 2017
There are seasons in our lives when we can do more and seasons where we scrape by on less. It's taken awhile, but we're embracing the seasons of our lives. In a similar situation? Read my thoughts on it at ouradventuringfamily.com.

Embracing the Seasons of Our Lives

March 6, 2017

Finding the Fun in Every Adventure

March 1, 2017

Slow Down and Play in the Water

February 27, 2017

Ergo Baby Carrier versus Boba Baby Carrier

February 24, 2017

The Road Trip That Started it All

February 22, 2017

When Plans Don’t Work Out

February 20, 2017

The Joy of Running Outside

February 17, 2017

When Bad Weather Derails an Adventure

February 15, 2017

I Spy: Hiking Edition

February 13, 2017
We have a BOB stroller and a Phil & Teds stroller. Which do we take hiking and which do we keep on the tamer paths? Which would we recommend? Keep reading at ouradventuringfamily.com.

BOB Stroller vs Phil & Teds Stroller

February 10, 2017

Conquering Fears and Doing Hard Things

February 8, 2017

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Jenifer is a homeschooling, hiking, adventuring mom of 3, who is thriving despite dealing with the long term effects of celiac disease. She is also busy building online businesses that will enable the Adventuring Family to quit the rat race and travel full time in an RV.


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I’ve been quietly working on this for months, and I’ve been quietly working on this for months, and it’s finally ready to share!
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Go to the link in profile @truenorthleatherworks to find out more and register (enrollment ends soon and is only open for a limited number of students). There’s also a waitlist if you’re not ready to register just now, but want to know when registration will open again.
I participated in the Great National Park Relay ra I participated in the Great National Park Relay race last month and our medals came recently.
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I knew they were going to be shaped like a relay baton, but I thought it would be a miniature version.
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Nope! I now have a full-size baton hanging on my wall with my other medals 🤣
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#greatnationalparkrelay #motherrunner #runwhereyoucan
Our Adventure Pup Max and I, post trail run. . We Our Adventure Pup Max and I, post trail run.
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We renamed her because Oreo just didn’t fit her personality. Her full name is Mad Max, Scourge of All Multi-legged Critters 🤣.
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Anyway. She does not understand the concept of, nor the need for, a post-run selfie, even if the sky does look super cool. We’re working on that.
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#adventurepupmax #getoutside #trailrunning #trailrunningwithdogs
My race shirt arrived!⠀ ⠀ I've run several virtual My race shirt arrived!⠀
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I've run several virtual races since everything shutdown, but it's been more than a month since the last one. I've got a couple more weeks till this next one, but I'm looking forward to it.⠀
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The Great National Park Relay is a 24 hour virtual relay race. Each team is named for a national park or monument and is made up of 24 runners or walkers. Each member runs or walks as far as they can in one hour before "passing" the baton to the next member of the team. ⠀
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Many of the original teams are full, but they've added a number of new teams, so if you want to participate, you can still sign up! #teamshenandoahalltheway⠀
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#greatnationalparkrelay #virtualrunningclub #runwhereyoucan #virtualrace #virtualrelay #trynewthings #motherrunner #365milechallenge #momswhorun
Adventures come in all shapes and sizes! ⠀ ⠀ This Adventures come in all shapes and sizes! ⠀
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This little guy has been taking banjo lessons for the last two years and has learned so much. His teacher wasn't able to hold her usual session for the students to share the songs they'd been working on, so she came up with another idea. Each student recorded their favorite song and sent it to her so she could share it with the other students.⠀
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I just had to share this picture of my son looking so dapper when we recorded his song 😍 ⠀
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#alwayslearning #interestledschooling #lifeisanadventure #banjo #banjoplayer #minibanjoplayer #vitaminn
We have an Adventure Pup!⠀ ⠀ We've talked about ge We have an Adventure Pup!⠀
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We've talked about getting a dog for years, but the timing was never right. However, this summer we felt like it was finally the time. About a month ago we started checking the local shelters for likely candidates and after a couple weeks we found this little girl.⠀
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Oreo is about 6 months old and such a sweetie! We've taken her on a couple hikes, which she enjoyed. Right now it's too hot for me to run outside, but as soon as it cools down I'll start taking her for trail runs.⠀
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Do you have an Adventure Pup?⠀
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#adventurepup⠀
#borntoexplore⠀
#ourbestlife⠀
#vitaminn⠀
#familyadventure⠀
#shelterrescue⠀
#whippetcross
The obligatory medal pic 📷. This race was the lon The obligatory medal pic 📷.

This race was the longest, furthest I’ve ever run, and definitively a challenge.

It was good to push myself and see that I can still <sometimes> do things that I’ve spent the last two years thinking I no longer could. 

Chronic illness causes a lot of uncertainty and frustration in my life. Completing a challenging goal like this restores a bit of the normalcy that’s no longer a part of my life.

Full disclosure: I’ve found that moderate exercise helps me manage my symptoms. This was not moderate exercise and it did take awhile to recover 😉.

I’m glad I had the opportunity to do this as a virtual race- it would have been too physically stressful to run a regular trail race with all the aspects I wouldn’t have control over. 

#icandohardthings #vacationraces #runforyourlife #chronicillness #50ktrailrun
Back at the beginning of June, I ran a 50k race. 🏃 Back at the beginning of June, I ran a 50k race. 🏃🏻‍♀️ That’s 31 miles, in case you were wondering 🤪

Swipe through to see how I got to that point.

#vacationraces #50ktrailrun
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