Trailmix.Net started online in 2004.  Over time we evolved into a blog, an ecommerce website in 2008, and finally in June of 2009 opened our first brick and mortar retail outlet in Old Sacramento.  If you are visiting Old Sacramento, be sure to download our free Old Sacramento Scavenger Hunt and drop by to pick up your prize!  We are located at 116B I Street, right across from the California Train Museum.


About our Products
Trailmix.Net provides a line of educational products that facilitate interaction with nature, the outdoors, and the sciences. The majority of our products fall into one of these categories:

-Animal Watching With Kids
-Backyard Safari Gear
-Hiking With Kids
-Geocaching With Kids
-Birding With Kids
-Gardening With Kids
-Science Projects

In 2008, we also produced our first scavenger hunt.  Trailmix.Net Scavenger Hunts are learning games designed for families with children under twelve.  Scavenger hunts bring a user to a unique location and present a set of educational riddles. When the user solves all of the riddles, they win a prize. If you are planning to visit Sacramento, you can download our free Old Sacramento scavenger hunt here.



Our History:
We (Mike and Sara Barlow, the founders of Trailmix.Net) moved to Northern California from Idaho in 1996. Before children, we spent as many weekends and vacations as possible hiking, climbing, and exploring the outdoor recreational opportunities that California has to offer. Together we have camped, backpacked, climbed fourteen thousand foot peaks, completed multi-pitch technical climbing routes, and supported local volunteer Search and Rescue.



Once we had children, we learned that outdoor recreation with kids is a whole different ball game that involves completely different goals and logistics. We discovered that outdoor recreation and leisure with kids is all about creating memorable learning opportunities through exploration and discovery. Children are natural explorers. If you provide the right setting and the framework, you can consistently create engaging learning and discovery opportunities.



This observation lead to the creation of Casaval Ridge Technologies LLC (our original web and print publishing company) in 2006 and to the Trailmix.Net blog shortly thereafter. At that time Trailmix.Net was a kitchen table operation. We knew that we wanted to build a business around the idea of teaching parents how to create constructive educational experiences, but the ideas, processes and product designs were still in their infancy. Over time, the Trailmix.Net website and product line began to take shape with an official launch of the Trailmix.Net Online Store in the fall of 2008.

In the spring of 2009, we started focusing on our business full time.  Although still family owned and operated, we restructured our company as Trailmix.Net, Inc. and began looking for commercial space.  After looking at several commercial locations in Sacramento, we settled on our current spot in Old Sacramento.

Visit the Trailmix.Net Blog to learn more about Trailmix.Net.



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