Adventure with Alex

Taking a clue from the blogger who inspired me to start my own blog about adventuring with my newborn son, I figured I would look back on 2012. Even though the blog was not started until halfway through the year, when Alex was almost 9 months old, it’s gotten about 2000 views.

In 2012, there were 20 new posts, mostly trip reports and a couple short product reviews.

The busiest day of the year was August 22nd with 91 views. The most popular post that day was Rock Climbing Adventure with Alex, Cordy, Jessica, and Kendra (and some older peeps).

Two other posts that ended up becoming pretty popular were Swimming Lessons with WMAC:

And a fairly recent “Finding the Perfect Christmas Tree“.

Ready to go

From July-December I carried Alex for about 70 miles on White Mountain Trails, over the course of 19 trips.

18 people have subscribed through either email or twitter, and many more have read it via Facebook.

Looking ahead I see some challenges keeping the blog active this winter. The first is my work teaching avalanche courses over the winter which takes up the bulk of my time. My guiding blog will be quite active throughout the winter.

Tuesdays & Wednesdays will be the days I can try to get out with Alex if weather is permitting. Despite his new snowsuit I’ll only be venturing out in reasonable conditions for someone so young, but will be sure to post about it!

While it has been a few months the loss of our longtime companion Bear it is still fresh in our minds I can’t review 2012 without taking a moment to think of him…

RIP Bear 10/98 – 10/15/2012

So Happy New Year to you all! If you follow me through Facebook please subscribe directly to the blog at the link up and right… it makes it easier for me to know how many are actually reading (vrs. seeing it in a news feed). And of course, comments are always welcome!