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originally posted by: Boadicea
We were joking recently with our kids about which one of us would go first -- their dad or me. Our kids think if I go first that their dad will turn into a full-on couch potato. But they think I'll go be a hermit somewhere and co-exist with the flora and fauna. They may be right
I contemplate how my girls would be equally out at sea in such an event. If I went, the girls would move on with my wife, a serious and fearsome taskmaster; if my wife went, they'd spend their entire childhoods taking care of me and perhaps seeing firsthand my dismal courting skills.
originally posted by: Boadicea
a reply to: DictionaryOfExcuses
...from the men they date (and ultimately marry)...
Boys are already crushing over my oldest daughter (who will be a second grader). I think I truly understand what the axiom "out of the frying pan and into the fire" means now.
originally posted by: DictionaryOfExcuses
a reply to: Lumenari
95% is a good head start over me. Maybe I'll pick your brain sometime.
I got lots of wilderness survival experience as a boy. I didn't fully appreciate then.
It all started flooding back in recent years and I've learned some new stuff, too. Right now I'm learning to hunt squirrel and rabbit. By next year, I'd like to get back into doing week-long stays in the wilderness.
Maybe I'll never go full-on Mountain Hermit, but time spent in nature, learning to live well within it, is always time well spent.