Tales From Family Success – We Expanded Parking!
Tales from Family Success Welcome to our new blog: Tales From Family Success! “Family Success” is our clever name for Customer Service as the team does so much more than answering questions. In these blogs we’ll cover important issues parents bring up and want to know for Trackers programs. We Expanded Parking! Plus, just added […]
Gone Fishing
Last night we cooked up a trout that we caught in the fall. We remembered catching it on a crisp October morning at Trillium Lake. The air was cold, but the coffee and tamales were hot (shout out to Mt. Hood Coffee Roasters). The road into the lake would soon close for the winter season, […]
Who is a Tracker?
A Tracker is a kid who trains to read the hidden stories in nature and to master skills of survival and stewardship. As kids become Trackers, they develop these innately human abilities often lost in our modern world.
Trackers Songs
Rock Out with Trackers! Here at Trackers Earth we are always working to take our skills training and nature connection beyond camp. From our journals to outdoor guidebooks to comics and upcoming graphic novels. This summer we’ve been creating original campfire songs. Maybe you’ve even heard your kids humming a Trackers tune after a busy […]
The Screen-less Road Trip Challenge
With summer ticket prices through the roof, plus tons of delays and canceled flights, many families are skipping air travel in favor of an old-school favorite: family road trip! A friend of mine stopped by last weekend for a quick overnight while road tripping with her family. She and her kids were having a great […]
Set Up A Secret Camp in Your Backyard
What in the world is a “Secret Camp,” you ask? It’s a place where your child (or you) can go—any day, every day—to be outside in nature, to explore, and to practice the skills we teach at Trackers. A Secret Camp can be anywhere there are plants, sky and nature. Close to home is convenient, your backyard is ideal, but even a windowsill will do. Creating a Secret Camp is a way for kids to get to know one small place very well, deepening their connection to that place and to all of nature.