The Babies, Backpacks & Borders Blog

Stories of adventure, family, and life on the road.

Welcome to the heart of Roots in the Wild — where I share the stories, adventures, and lessons we collect along the way.

You’ll find everything from family travel and RV life to outdoor adventures, practical resources, motherhood on the move, and the unexpected detours that make the best stories.

Some posts will help you plan your own adventure. Others are simply stories worth telling.

Either way, I’m glad you’re here.

First Time Here?

You picked a good place to start.

Roots in the Wild is part adventure story, part travel resource, and part journal from a life that rarely goes exactly according to plan.

Here you’ll find stories from the road, family adventures, RV life, wild places worth exploring, practical tips we’ve learned along the way, and honest reflections from the seasons in between.

Start wherever you feel pulled — or choose a path below and see where it takes you.

Choose Your Adventure:

🛣 Roads & Roots
Stories of change, belonging & what the road teaches us

🌿 Wild & Wandering
Hikes, wild places & adventures worth taking

🚐 Home on Wheels
Campgrounds, travel days & the realities of a home that moves

🩵 Motherhood in Motion
Parenting, traveling & raising a little adventurer

🍂 Seasons & Self
Reflections on growth, change & becoming

📖 From the Journal
Personal notes, life updates & stories from the in-between