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  1. re:
    “…find themselves lost…”

    Now, that right there, that is a ‘special’ kind of find!
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    PS:
    Good for you for mentoring youngsters.
    And the occasional spouse.

  2. What a great article for parents. I love the list of skills learned. I’ve bookmarked this article and look forward to Part 2.

    As kids growing up in coastal NE we all had boats. We learned many skills through that activity too.

  3. My wife has a good friend in Michigan. She sent my wife a great sweatshirt that says

    “4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan”

    I was in Syracuse NY in February several years ago on business. I was watching the news in my hotel room. They were showing the weather on the edge of the lake. I guess it would be Lake Erie. Looked like Antarctica. Could not believe how high the ice was built up from the wind driven water spray freezing.

    Those Great Lakes are no joke.

    1. Actually, Syracuse is on the edge of Lake Ontario, so you were in the heart of the “Lake Effect” weather zone – and it was all coming down from Canada. Blame Canada!

      I grew up in a suburb southeast of Buffalo. We got our Lake Effect weather from both Lake Ontario and Lake Erie – a double whammy! Our motto was… if you don’t like the weather, wait a minute… One good thing about learning to ski there – you can ski on any kind of snow because you get to ski on just about every kind of snow over the course of a single winter. It gives you an appreciation for the numerous words the Eskimos have for snow.

  4. A very good article. My own father was an elementary teacher, principal, and our Scoutmaster. Before I was born, he was a Scout Rifleman in the 95th Infantry Division for George Patton.
    He taught us (his sons and the sons of others) all the skills you mention, and many of those Boy Scouts went to VietNam and returned to say they were thankful for what they had been taught just a few years before.

  5. Good reading this. I grew up on the creeks of the Chesapeake Bay. I was taught how to “tong” for oysters, catch the blue crab and trap muskrats, otter, fox, and fish by my father. Those lessons I remember well.

  6. “When your kids are old enough to learn to prepare.” = Maybe, another good skill for everyone would be learning how to make soft Leather Moccasins and Mittens. = The small, baby-boy looks like he will be trying to chase after his older brothers, in just a few days (or minutes = crawling as fast as he can). … There are videos & instructions on the Internet for making Moccasins, that would be ‘comfy’ on a baby’s feet.
    [A ‘how to’ article for making baby moccasins would make a good SurvivalBlog article too]

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