Boy Scouts

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My family was outdoor oriented. We camped, hiked, sometimes just spent the evening around the fire pit in the back garden.

For us a camping trip was not a year in planning. We would decide on Thursday night we wanted a trip, throw the gear into the truck, empty the fridge into the cooler and an hour after work on Friday were were in the woods.

We did it so much we had two check lists on the wall of the garage, a weekend check list and a long camp check list. Take the items off the shelves and mark them off as they were loaded.

I was also a hunter and fisherman, along with being a blacksmith for the local colonial village museum. My son started working metal in the forge at 14. I never had to wonder what he was up too, I could always hear hi out in the shop hammering on something.

The result was no bored down time as a kid and a degree in Archaeology to keep him busy as an adult.