re: Building Forts...Classic Childhood Pastime

Behind our neighborhood was nothing but woods. There were about 10 boys all about the same age. We spent a whole summer cutting 6" pines and making a log cabin. There was a field next to the edge of woods that filled up with goldenrod. After it dried we used it as a thatch roof. It was a real-life 2 room cabin. A week after we finished, the neighborhood bully knocked it down.