Primitive Skills Hike

Tuesday's homeschool activity was a hike at Hilton Falls. One of the parents brought a bow drill set and flint to demonstrate how to start a fire without matches. Henri had lots of fun playing with his friends and exploring the beautiful winding trails and climbing the escarpment. He brought some pretzels with him, hoping to feed the squirrels but instead, the highlight of his hike was when he got to hand-feed some Chickadees! Unfortunately, Henri slipped on a rock upstream from the falls and discovered just how cold the water is at this time of year, so we didn't get to stay for the fire building portion. Henri found the walk back to the car chilly, but when he warmed up he said he still enjoyed the outing.