From North to South, East to West, Summer came and is still here for another month but children are going back to school and vacations are ending. So let's celebrate these wonderful outdoors adventures that Summer brought this year!
Author Jennifer Chambers of "Watershed Adventures of a Water Bottle" and Hiking Along, recently had a family hike up to the Nubble on Giant Mountain in the Adirondack Mountains, New York. What a view!
Also visit "Summer's Snapshots Through a Personal Lens" for more Summer Adventures photographs.
Lesly had a Summer internship in Cordova, Alaska through Environment for the Americas, who hired Latino interns to conduct shorebird monitoring and bilingual environmental education. Lesly kayaked to a Nest Island in the Copper River Delta to monitor Dusky Canadian Geese Great work for the environment!
Amelia of Tales of a Mountain Mama, and her family have Yellowstone National Park as their backyard.
How fantastic is that!
Jennifer of Mommy Hiker went on a fantastic family camping trip to Sequoia National Park, California. One of my personal favorite National Parks!
Michael Byrd and his family enjoyed a beautiful hike at Standing Indian in the Nantahala Naitonal Forest, North Carolina. Michael is the organizer of the Google+ Thru-Hiking Community and also blogs about his hiking adventures at ATatDusk.
Sharon from Active Kids Active Family and her family took a trip to The Great Sandhills of Saskatchewan, kids of all ages enjoy sand hills!
Ken of Big Grey Rocks and his family, explored Banff, C-Level Cirque in the Canadian Rockies. Those are some big grey rocks out there!
Melissa of Adventure Tykes and family enjoyed the fantastic views of Taggert Lake at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
John of Moosefish and his children explored and camped at Crab Creek in Washington.
As youth leaders, we took our graduating seniors on a their first backpacking trip at Yosemite National Park/Hetch Hetchy.
A big "Thank You" to all my contributing outdoor partners in sharing their Summer adventures and pictures:
Visit "Summer's Snapshots a Through Personal Lens" by Hiking Along, for more great pictures! Here's to a great Summer from all over North America and hoping everyone can squeeze a few more Summer outdoor adventures before Fall and Winter arrive, because we are certainly trying to.