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Today was a truly beautiful day out in the woods. My son made a couple cool observations and said some brilliant things.
"Dad, it is really muddy out here, but that is good because everything out here likes water"
"Fuzz sticks and cedar bark make starting a fire easier"
some flooding by ewerstruly
IMG_0827 by ewerstruly
IMG_0829 by ewerstruly
an artesian spring by ewerstruly
The first wild flower we found this year by ewerstruly
He found a really cool place to do some whittling.
IMG_0839 by ewerstruly
IMG_0835 by ewerstruly
IMG_0838 by ewerstruly
IMG_0837 by ewerstruly
IMG_0844 by ewerstruly
IMG_0845 by ewerstruly
[youtube]7z43ttBKJd8[/youtube]
We got back to the truck and started to unload the packs...much to my surprise he had harvested some cedar bark. He said he snatched it off a piece of dead fall while I was re-lacing my boot. He is pretty determined to make some s'mores tonight
IMG_0855 by ewerstruly
I nearly dropped my jaw when we were hiking deeper in the woods and I asked him if he could tell me anything about his surroundings.
He told me that the soft ground made it easy to figure out a lot of stuff. He pointed out several sets of deer tracks and showed which way the deer was heading, and which sets were fresh and which sets were old. He also told me that we were not the first ones in the woods today...some guy was out here earlier with his dog...but they were headed the opposite direction we were going.
This kid is way ahead of where I was at his age!
Toward the end we went down to the water and he wanted to try skiping stones. I almost felt ashamed as a father that he had not learned this critical skill earlier...but then I felt relieved in knowing that he knew how to whittle fuzz sticks and marshmallow roasting sticks before he skipped his first stone
[youtube]-2U4vY_Otvc[/youtube]
"Dad, it is really muddy out here, but that is good because everything out here likes water"
"Fuzz sticks and cedar bark make starting a fire easier"
some flooding by ewerstruly
IMG_0827 by ewerstruly
IMG_0829 by ewerstruly
an artesian spring by ewerstruly
The first wild flower we found this year by ewerstruly
He found a really cool place to do some whittling.
IMG_0839 by ewerstruly
IMG_0835 by ewerstruly
IMG_0838 by ewerstruly
IMG_0837 by ewerstruly
IMG_0844 by ewerstruly
IMG_0845 by ewerstruly
[youtube]7z43ttBKJd8[/youtube]
We got back to the truck and started to unload the packs...much to my surprise he had harvested some cedar bark. He said he snatched it off a piece of dead fall while I was re-lacing my boot. He is pretty determined to make some s'mores tonight
IMG_0855 by ewerstruly
I nearly dropped my jaw when we were hiking deeper in the woods and I asked him if he could tell me anything about his surroundings.
He told me that the soft ground made it easy to figure out a lot of stuff. He pointed out several sets of deer tracks and showed which way the deer was heading, and which sets were fresh and which sets were old. He also told me that we were not the first ones in the woods today...some guy was out here earlier with his dog...but they were headed the opposite direction we were going.
This kid is way ahead of where I was at his age!
Toward the end we went down to the water and he wanted to try skiping stones. I almost felt ashamed as a father that he had not learned this critical skill earlier...but then I felt relieved in knowing that he knew how to whittle fuzz sticks and marshmallow roasting sticks before he skipped his first stone
[youtube]-2U4vY_Otvc[/youtube]
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