July 10-12th
I had a small group of outdoor education teachers out for a weekend. After arriving Friday night and a few hours around the campfire getting aquainted we turned in.
Over the next 2 days we spent some time on tools and care of them knife craft, fire starting, falling trees (for fire wood) larger group camp site selection, and a few basic bushcraft lessons. The knots we did were a big hit. We did a very basic intro to GPS which was not really on the schedule.
They were more experienced than I had expected and picked up on everything very quickly. I will definitely adjust my questions to better identify the skill level of participants in the future.
We enjoyed the evenings (once the bugs were gone) and had a good show from the Northern Lights.
A huge thanks to Chris, Jeff and Marty for their help taking down the big tent and getting it stowed away for the season.
After reflecting on the weekend myself I think I will likely have people do more with meal prep. I did the meals and menu planning myself this time and it was a little clumbsy. Lesson Learned.
Hopfully they will return in the fall for a weekend of GPS and navigation practice.
