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Hiking
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10.17.09Camping with Friends – Unstructured Time in Wilderness
Autumn, Camping, Creeks, Hiking, Woods (4)At our first parents circle meeting this year we were asked to describe our most vivid childhood memory. 98% of my fellow parents described an activity that took place outdoors, and without parent supervision. We all agree that times have changed since we were kids. But boy times have changed since Daniel Beard's era. In The American Boy's Handy Book there is not a single a mention of parents. In the scenarios Beard envisions, boys are presumed unsupervised and are expected to fend for themselves. They were to find/buy their own materials for projects, prepare their own meals, and even ...
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10.07.09
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08.16.09Fish Finding
Creeks, documenting nature, Fish, Fishing, Fishing tackle, Hiking, Scientist (1)Last weekend we took the same Butano Canyon hike twice. The first time we brought along our redwood boat thinking we might sail it on the waterfall pond. However, Seth promptly forgot about the boat (don't tell Daniel Beard) when we stopped at the second bridge and looked down. The deep spot under the bridge was full of fish! Not just minnows but huge fish! Some were gray and one was a salmon orange. There were crawdads and some fingerlings just to round out the population. It was fascinating to watch them interact. There was so much infighting, and what ...
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