Outdoor Family Activities, Growing up in Indiana

As a child, I have no greater memories than my excursion with my family into the great outdoors. My parent’s were children during the great depression in the 30’s so living on a shoe string budget was something they were accustomed to. Activities with 5 small children sound like a great undertaking to someone in today’s society but back then it was the usual and customary thing for a family to do. It was free to hike into the gorge from the trails that started in our backyard. It was very cheap to fish for bass at one of the small lakes in our area or go camping for the weekend at a local campground. I learned to hunt mushrooms, collect wild berries, fish, hike, you name it... [Read more of this post]

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