Day Hiking Trails: Guest blogs at Tales of a Mountain Mama

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Guest blogs at Tales of a Mountain Mama

Hikes with Tykes author Rob Bignell has written today's guest blog, "Getting Reluctant Kids Excited about Hiking", at the Tales of a Mountain Mama site run by Amelia Meyer. The post lists ways to get kids who might be reluctant to go on a hike interested (and maybe even excited) about heading into the wilds. Meyer's blog offers outdoors-related tales of family life, lessons learned, and reviews and giveaways of products.

Meet the Author

My name is Rob Bignell. I'm a long-time hiker, journalist and editor. My son Kieran and I have been hiking together for the past decade. Before Kieran, I taught middle school students in New Mexico and Wisconsin, served as an infantryman in the Army National Guard, and worked in newspapers. I've won several journalism awards, from editorial writing to sports reporting. In 2001, The Prescott Journal, which I served as managing editor of, was named Wisconsin’s Weekly Newspaper of the Year. Currently I own and operate an online editing business, Inventing Reality Editing Service. After spending several years in Southern California, my son and I now live in Wisconsin on the scenic Red Cedar River.