Nature Deficit Disorder. Have you heard of it? It is more of a phenomenon rather than a medical diagnoses, but the term coined by Richard Louv is the perfect description of a very real issue with today’s children. Too much screen time, not enough outside time. We are all guilty of it, even me. Life […]
Archives for September 2016
Tidbury Creek Park
Tidbury Creek Park is tucked away in the woods in South Dover with next to no information offered online regarding the amenities there so it is understandable if you’ve never heard of it before. I probably would be unfamiliar myself had my parents not brought me here to hike as a kid. My childhood […]
Chiggers. Everything you never wanted to know, but should.
Let me start by saying that I’ve been in the woods and going on adventures my entire life and have never gotten chiggers. Unfortunately, there’s a first time for everything. So here I am, documenting it so that my itchy misery serves a purpose. Chiggers, ticks, mosquitoes, spiders, snakes, biting flies and any other […]
Woodland Trail at Delaware State University
Every once in awhile I like to do a post that makes people say “I never knew that was there!” I think the Woodland Trail at Delstate qualifies as one of those posts. I was saving our visit to this trail for when I had about an hour I had to kill with the kids […]
Delaware Museum of Natural History
I am not a museum person. I am certainly not a history museum person, but I let the hubby plan the adventure for this one and that is where he picked so we went. Turns out the Delaware Museum of Natural History isn’t so bad after all! If you notice that my kids look a […]