My wife related some of the orienteering lessons she had in girls scouts back in the day--they were less concerned about PC then and actually learned something of value.
When the ground water is frozen, puddles are scarce...
We have been spanked by Lake Superior one or two times and storms coming off of her can be exciting. But fortunately, knowing the wind rotation of an approaching low pressure area can give a guy a pretty good clue. That was mine as I failed to cut my backtrail.
