At the peak we were camping at least once a month. We opted to home school our kids for the elementary - middle school years (they went to public high school) and that allowed us some freedoms like spending a week in Yellowstone working on geology lessons, biology (wildlife) lessons, as well as general life lessons. I am extremely grateful we had a chance to do that.

Walking is something I started doing when I began focusing on my health and where I'd be if I didn't do something. These days I walk about 7 - 8 miles a day but being semi-retired helps there. Another friend of mine and I found we can spend our time walking and talking on conference calls very effectively to 'double use' the time.