A dad, and a trail.
Wild Wanderers started simply. One father, his own boys, and a hunch that the outdoors was where to start.
For my own boys, first.
I built Wild Wanderers for my own two boys first. Becoming a father cracked something open in me. It showed me how hard the job really is, and it softened how I think about my own dad. The Baylands is home. I watched my dad play baseball out here. I learned the outdoors out here, and I had the space to just be a kid. I proposed to my wife at the marsh. I have walked my dog thousands of miles on these trails, and a lot of this program was built on those walks. My sons are learning here now.
Honest about the research.
We will not wave studies around to scare you. Kids who move more, get outside more, and feel they belong tend to do better, in the body and the mind, and the research keeps pointing the same way. We built the program around the parts a family can do together, every week. No deficit talk about your son. Just a good trail and good men on it.
Slowly, and on purpose.
Before I invite a single family, I am building the curriculum, the mentor training, the risk management, the permits, and the partnerships. I take a parent's trust seriously, so I am taking my time. I am new at some of this, and that is fine. This is for the community, and the community is worth building slowly.
The whole picture.
Come meet the trail.
The fastest way to understand Wild Wanderers is to stand on the Baylands at golden hour. Start a conversation and we will find a time.