Day Hiking Trails: Consider bringing journal on hike with kids

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Consider bringing journal on hike with kids

Keep a journal of your day hikes. Photo courtesy of ilmungo/Photoree.

For kids who like to write, nature can be inspiring. So bring a pen and notebook on your hike.

Indeed, if you like to write, you may find that sometimes children are so engrossed in watching ducks swim down a stream or seeing who can throw rocks farther that you’ll have time to journal.

To keep the load light, don’t bring anything larger than a 6x9 notebook, and make sure it has a hard cover, as you won’t have a surface to write on in the wilds.

Read more about day hiking with children in my guidebook Hikes with Tykes.

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.