This past weekend was our
annual Logan Canyon camp out and Bear Lake day trip. Again, there was plenty of food, fire, mud, and water involved. It is very important for boys to get their fill of these Fabulous Four All-Time Boy Favorites. And to get their fill of other very important Fabulous Boy Favorites.
Such as fishing.
Understand that even if they don't know how to actually catch the fish, it is still important to try.
It is important for boys to cast a line into the water and reel it in again and again with visions in their heads of a fish on the hook.
But if a fish never actually gets on that hook, even though there are plenty of them jumping all around in the water, it's still important to cast that line out and reel it in again and again.
It must be done because one of these days, those boys might actually figure it out. Or someone who does know how to really and truly catch a fish might give them some pointers and then they will soon be skillfully catching their own fish.
(This was the most impressive catch of the day.)
Boys must tap into their hunter-gatherer natures and cast and reel. Cast and reel.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
It'll do you good.
Combat is another Fabulous Boy Favorite.
Are they sword fighting?
Lightsaber dueling?
Whatever it is, it is especially fun in the forest.
Or in the lake.
They develop a deeper connection with nature in this way. Combat + nature = rich inner peace and strength.
It's true. Think Yoda training Luke on Dagobah. (Yes, I looked up how to spell that.)
And that brings us to launching. (Boys, not boats.)
Launching is very good for boys to do periodically because it unscrambles their brains that tend to get scrambled from time to time.
It also allows them to cleanse their sinuses with the water that gets up their noses, and practice their Jackie Chan moves.
And experience life from greater heights. And learn balance.
And experience flight. For a short moment.
Phew, there is so much to be gained from launching.
Now here we are, back in the mud.
Mud is great for developing a connection with the earth, as well.
And for introducing organisms into boys' bodies that help to strengthen their immune systems. (Lake water is great for that, too.)
And now I must relate Junior's revelation as we were driving to the lake.
"I think I know why it's called Bear Lake," he said.
"Why?" we asked.
"Because it looks really bare."
Hmmm, I see what he means.
The Fabulous Boy Favs triumph again.
