Karilyn Owen

Adults and children alike take to the streets to throw gulal (colored powder) and spray dyed water (from water guns, buckets or water balloons) on everyone they can find. Residents of some buildings would hire water tanker trucks to spray water down from the roof simulating rain, while in other areas, neighborhood kids filled balloons with dyed water joyfully tossing them at people walking by. But if you live in a warm climate and are ready for an all out Indian style Holi celebration, get your water guns/animals and water balloons ready! The best way to do this is to put some color into a bucket of water and let the kids refill their own water guns as needed.

In addition to our guide, we have also teamed up to give away 5 products from this spring guide over on Instagram. Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, meaning at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Additionally, I sometime receive compensation and/or hosted travel and sample products related to blog posts. Bobbi Rain Boots for Her from Merry People While the above are some great products to get you started for your spring outdoor adventures, we have so many other cool things to recommend below.

Car camping these days can be anything from actually sleeping in your car to sleeping in a tent above your car or the more traditional way of sleeping in a tent just steps away from your car. You can buy a traditional on the ground tent that is easy (pop up tents), one that lives on the top of your car (CVT) and quickly pops up no matter where you are or even a tent that connects to the back of your vehicle allowing you to sleep inside your car, but also have the openness of your tent to change clothes, store your belonging and more. If you aren’t interested in the traditional way of car camping with a tent on the ground, below we provide some other great options for car camping for you to consider. Another new addition to the scene of car camping is a tent that lives on the top of your car allowing you to camp

This trail is a short boardwalk trail in the summer, but during the winter it’s all covered in piles and piles of snow! The park newspaper says that the trail is a bit scary in some sections when the trail is icy and covered in snow, but overall this 3.74 mile trail is beautiful to hike in the winter. What to Pack for Winter in Sequoia National Park Layers, layers, layers is what everyone always says for any winter destination and Sequoia is no different. One of the most important things to have during any winter visit to Sequoia is decent winter boots.