Crunching 38 various metrics, Backpacker put together a list of the top 25 cities to raise an outdoor child.
The top 25 include:
1. Boulder, CO
2. Jackson, WY
3. Durango, CO
4. Flagstaff, AZ
5. Juneau, AK
6. Seattle, WA
7. Colorado Springs, CO
8. Burlington, VT
9. Fort Collins, CO
10. Lebanon, NH
11. Asheville, NC
12. Portland, ME
13. Hood River, OR
14. Manchester, NH
15. Harrisonburg, VA
16. Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna, [...]

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I thought this was cute…
A couple days ago I was wearing my Ironman triathlon world championships t-shirt that I purchased when Wendy and I watched the big event in Kona back in 2003 during my triathlon days.
My two year old son (Griffin) is all about letters right now and he was saying the various ones [...]

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I am no longer talking about 6 hour rides, more like 15-30 minutes so far. You gotta start somewhere.
We recently purchased the iBert Safe-T-Seat so that we all can go for some rides together now that the weather will be gradually cooling off in the south.
The biggest challenge of this entire adventure was getting Griffin [...]

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Well, we made it to the big city! It hasn’t been without some personal growth moments.
The flight over was fairly smooth except for Griffin (1 yr old son) wanting to explore the entire plane. This tested both Wendy and I since this took place for the entire first two hours of the flight. We received [...]

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Saturday was the first official race start for the entire family at the Tal Morrison Classic! Wendy was running the 5k and Griffin and I took on the 15k.
Whenever we have something going on early in the morning, Griffin decides to sleep in. Funny stuff. Most mornings he wakes up between 6:15-6:30 am but on [...]

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G trying out daddy’s ride.

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