Just a list of the things I've experienced with WAS (which has a new website to check out!):
- made a bow drill kit from materials harvested off the land (yes, I have gotten coals)
- learned the 5 voices of the birds
- learned the different shapes of bird alarms
- tracked some great mammals that aren't present in the Midwest
- spent a week at the Oregon Dunes for a tracking expedition
- trailed a raccoon for almost 2 miles!
- bushwhacked on my hands and knees for nearly an hour
- saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time
- learned plant taxonomy and herbal & medicinal uses
- made or tasted Oregon grape, rose hip and western red cedar medicinal tinctures
- spent a day harvesting wild edibles
- spent a day learning to prepare and cook the edibles we harvested
- made some mullein tea that kept me from getting bronchitis
- bashing rocks and primitive stone tool working
- sword tossing and Jedi mind tricks (awareness activities)
- skinned a raccoon
- made a primitive fishing spear
- having a secret spot that is all my own that I visit up to 5 times a week
- made a great network of friends and folks affiliated with WAS and a ton of other things that I am forgetting or are too deep to get into right now
We are halfway through the first semester and it looks to be an epic second half as well.... not to mention the fact that I get to spend time with my beautiful wife!!
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