Cody went easy on us - breakfast wasn't till 9:00. He normally would have started at 5:30 as usual, like we would out in the real world, but he's found that in a class-type setting the students don't pay attention after a night like that without at least reasonable sleep.

Started at 9:30 with backcountry fire starting, in the rain. We were limited to our knife and a lighter, and each had to get a fire going - more of a trick than some of us thought. After instruction, demonstration and practical pointers we each had to start a second fire. Amazing how much easier it is once you learn some of the "tricks of the trade."

After a demonstration on use and repair of Coleman lanterns, we spent an hour hiking the surrounding area working on identifying various trees and plants, then had the afternoon free to study and practice for our "mid-term" test over everything from the first two weeks.