You'll hear them before you see them. Where Sunnyvale's wild parakeets came from, how they live, and what they taught me about looking up.

From a pre-Easter egg hunt to the trails of Uvas Canyon, Sharmila looks back on a year of outings with her little one.

Three miles and 600 feet of climbing felt intimidating after a long break from hard trails. Here's what made it work with my son.

Our first Fleet Week with Family Adventure Squad ended with three girls, sand mermaid tails and a pretend sand-food feast until dusk.

Sneha only learned to swim in her late 30s, so a moms-only trip to kayak at night among the bioluminescence was full of firsts.

For Judy and her five-year-old daughter Ryann, Family Adventure Squad became the community they'd been looking for.

October 2, 2024, marked my last treatment for breast cancer — and a year later, what the squad did about it.

A 1.5-mile hike to an alpine lake was the perfect first backpacking trip for our 5- and 3-year-old. Even the leech was a hit.

California to Seattle and Olympic National Park with a 4-year-old, and no phones or tablets. Here's what kept him happy on the road and on the trail.

A Mumbai girl at heart and Bay Area mom by soul, Pranali found her way back to the outdoors one outing at a time.

We never imagined ourselves as "camping people," until a first campout with an 8-month-old lit a spark.

We were nervous about a 10-mile hike and a multi-day camping trip deep in the Grand Canyon with our 3-year-old. Here's how it went.