There is some time that will be remembered. One of the things I recall was my best friend's dad teaching my friend and I about electricity and magnetism, a few years before it was taught in school. One of the "experiments" was placing a compass on top of a lamp cord then observing what happened to the compass needle when the light was turned on.
Great stuff.
Great stuff.
Happy to report I put this thread into action.
Printed out a Topo of the local area, and took the two boys and their cousin out to a local park and hit a trail. Went to a small lake I'd never seen before, despite growing up around here. The boys got a chance to do a little actual map orientation, a resection and we made some route choices on the fly based on our estimation of where we were.
Certainly no back country adventure, but it was gratifying to see the little lightbulbs go on over those heads when they saw the theory at work "in the field".
Oh, and despite my already owning two Silva made Rangers that have served me without fail for years, I've now got the itch to get one of those Suunto rigs with the global needle....CAD at work?