History

I know a lot of people loved the subject of history when they were in school. I wasn't one of them. Not that history isn't cool! I just didn't like school in general. Anyway, now that I'm old(er), I think American history is so fascinating. 

Right now, my fella and I are watching a series on the History Channel called, The Men Who Built America; Frontiersmen. The first episode was about Daniel Boone. Daniel Boone was so badass. Seriously. Not a thing like Fess Parker!! One of the stories they depicted of him, told about his escape from the Shawnee. He ran 150 miles in FOUR days, to warn his fort that the Shawnee were coming, on British orders, to destroy the fort. Think about that for a second. Here's the comparison I made; There is also a show on the History Channel called, Alone. It's about a bunch of people dropped off in different parts of a remote location and left to survive, alone. It's interesting. But they get to bring some supplies with them. The last season, they dropped off teams of 2. So they weren't really alone. But, they dropped them off in different spots, so they had to find each other. While one was trying to make a "camp" the other was hiking through the underbrush to get to them. The hiker has to travel approximately 10 miles. It took them an average of NINE days to go 10 miles. Yep. NINE days, TEN miles vs FOUR days, 150 miles. Granted, they had 50 pound packs to drag along...but come on!!! Daniel Boone had on moccasins. This completely freaked me out!

The 2nd episode was about Lewis and Clark. Hopefully, everybody knows this story. The narrator said one thing that really struck me though. We knew more about the moon before we headed into space, than they did about the American wilderness before they headed out. 

Imagine. It really gives you a whole different perspective about what bravery and courage really is.