THE ODELL BUCKENFLUSH CHRONICLES 3

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Odell Buckenflush Chronicles</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> are a collection of </span><u style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>river tales garnered from a career in the field of outdoor education. </u><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Throughout the </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Odell Buckenflush Chronicles</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> experiential-learning is mated with humor and addresses our environmental impacts and consequences of actions. While most of the tales have a humorous slant each tale has a lesson directed at those who venture to the outdoors via our waterways.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The tales provide fun examples for outdoor leaders teachers camp counselors and resource managers to utilize in an ever-shrinking outdoor environment making this book a tool for both education and entertainment. After all the outdoor educator is in the business of edutainment.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In the </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Odell Buckenflush Chronicles</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> circumstances unfold and decisions must be made that have consequences. Through the decisions we make hopefully we learn from our experiences gain wisdom and develop good judgement. The great outdoor educator Paul Petzoldt once noted People in outdoor settings should learn from their experiences; however many must have what </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>just happened</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> explained to them otherwise they keep making the same mistakes over and over. There are a wealth of examples of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>what just happened</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> in these tales.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>While this compilation is not a treatise on learning theory it does provide different examples of learning. We all learn differently as the great American humorist Will Rogers expressed </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>There are three kinds of (people): Those that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.</em></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Have fun with these tales! Odell does the peeing. As the reader all you have to do is enjoy!</em></p><p></p>