101 Camping-Out Ideas and Activities Ebook

Table Of Contents:

INTRODUCTION
AROUND THE FIRE
Finding the Right Type of Wood Kindling a Fire Different Types of Fires Cooking Sites Baking
Bread Drilling a Fire OVERNIGHT SHELTERS
Ranger or Gypsy Tents and Trappers' Bivouacs The Tepee
BUILDING HUTS
The Bush HutThe Pyramid HutThe Gabled Hut Reed Huts The Trapper's Roof
THE AERIE OR TREE HOUSE
ON THE TRAIL
Reading Tracks Tales of Master Trackers Human Tracks Blazing Your Trail Trailing Animals Animal Footprints Traces of Birds Other Marks of Animals and Birds The Natural Habitat of Animals The Deer The Elk and Moose The Fox The Rabbit The Polecat The Porcupine The Badger The SquirrelMaking Plaster Molds of Tracks
WHAT THE HEAVENS TELL US
The Moon The Sun The Stars
AT WATER'S EDGE
Diving Boatbuilding The Rules of the Sea Sailing Ships
WITH KNIFE, BOW AND LASSO
With Your Tomahawk in the Woods The Totem Pole The Boomerang Making a Bow and Arrow Tricks with a Lasso
EXPLORING
Looking at Tree Trunks Branches and Leaves Animal Tracks and Traces Birdwatching Birdcalls and Other Sounds Looking for Lesser Creatures
Stargazing
THE MESSAGE ON THE BIRCHBARK
Birchbark Strips Picture Writing Invisible Inks Secret Codes
SIGNALING
The Semaphore Smoke Signals Over the Prairie
MOCCASINS AND LEATHERSTOCKINGS
Bacteria Lamp Making "Silverware" Campsite Filtering System Weaving Hammocks and Nets Bivouac Clothing Lighting Your Hut or Aerie Your Blanket Waterproofing Rain Poncho
THE LAW OF THE FOREST

INTRODUCTION

Even though the cities grow larger and larger and our natural playgrounds get continually smaller, even though everyone has at his disposal switches and faucets which produce light, water, heat, music, and entertainment, and even though the police protect us from burglars and bad neighbors and the firemen keep us from burning up-there still remains one area where we are completely dependent upon ourselves, a place where the laws of the prairie rule, where the enemy lurks, where we have to live like Robinson Crusoe or the Swiss Family Robinson, where we are on the warpath like the Sioux on the Little Big Horn River or the Apaches from Salt River Canyon once were. This place is the camping ground.

Wherever you live, you can find your own place to camp out. It might be a forested wilderness, but it needn't be. A park, a public picnic area-even your own back yard-can be transformed into a deserted island or Robin Hood's glen, and when you go farther afield, during summer vacation, perhaps, the possibilities are limitless.