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Night Hike
This is a great meeting to do around the Winter Solstice, when it gets dark early. You can start your hike at 5 pm and be done by 6:30 or so, which is good timing for Otters.
- Opening Ceremony
- Discuss Night Hiking and what you're going to be doing.
- Using your headlamps/flashlights as little as possible to let your eyes adjust
- Using your other senses: hearing, touch, smell
- How is the forest different at night from how it is during the day?
- Night hike
- Closing Ceremony
Related Activites:
Items Needed:
- Remind scouts to bring headlamps or flashlights
Badge Requirements Covered:
Blue Activity Paw
- Night Hike