| Southland Outfitters - Camping |
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| Written by Olan Chancy | |||||
| Monday, 29 October 2007 | |||||
This past weekend I treated myself to a couple of hours at a local park with my 2-year-old granddaughter. In addition to the standard slides, climbing walls and swings, the park offered something else - woods! Nestled in some old tall oak trees, the park was very scenic and was located next to a bike path and hiking trail. Hailey and I enjoyed walking through the woods, looking for wild animals and listening to the birds. The trip to the park brought back memories of a camping trip I attended with my then 7-year-old son and his friends at Moss Park, just outside Orlando. What an adventure it turned out to be. I decided to meet some of the other parents and leaders of the local Cub Scout den for an extra night of camping before the main group arrived the following Saturday morning. Pretending to help set up the camp, the boys were so excited they could hardly contain their enthusiasm. As soon as the camp was set up the boys asked if they could explore the nearby woods and look for deer. We agreed as long as they explored together and as long as they could see the flag pole of our campsite. Basically this afforded our young men the freedom to explore about 30 yards into the woods along a strip about 100 yards long. The entire camping area was enclosed by fencing, so even if the boys disobeyed, they could only go about 100 yards into the woods. The boys had only been out in the woods about 20 minutes when they came running back and told us they had followed deer tracks and happened upon the deer. They were so excited. To listen to them they were professional trackers, their likes not seen in these parts since Daniel Boone’s time. What an adventure for a group of boys. My son is now 17 and still remembers that camping trip. Olan Chancy |
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| Last Updated ( Monday, 29 October 2007 ) | |||||
