Chapter X ODDS AND ENDS—WHERE TO GO FOR AN OUTING—WHY A CLINKER?—BOUGHS AND BROWSE
Not a ton here, this is a short section, and very much feels "stuff I wanted to say, but had no where to put." There's a short section on choosing where to go (and strongly recommending the Adirondacks) that feels like it could've been extended. I guess back then you mostly just camped in your own backwoods. None of this driving to the camp nonsense.
Mostly this is more canoe stuff. But here's two pieces of advice he gives.
1. If you go before the open season for shooting, take no gun. It will simply be a useless incumbrance and a nuisance.
2. In a word, act coolly and rationally. So shall your outing be a delight in conception and the fulfillment thereof; while the memory of it shall come back to you in pleasant dreams, when legs and shoulders are too stiff and old for knapsack and rifle.
Both good advice.
For myself, (and I noticed similarly in the Ben Franklin marathon) these week plus dives into a single work (or series of related ones) can get a bit boring. I much preferred how I did The Odyssey last year, doing an update or two a week (even if I did lose the rhythm part way through). I think the short and varied style matches my blogging better. I don't mind reading a longer piece, but blogging through it can be tough.
Not sure where I go from here. There are a few other old camp books I might read, Nessmuk has a poetry collection, and I've been kind of light on Star Wars updates.
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