Yup- we grew up in the woods- everyday we were out there riding bikes on paths made through them (then later minibikes and motorcycles), building forts, did some trapping as a kid, we were hardly ever i n the house- nowadays you tell the kids to go outside and play, and they get panic attacks
It’s interesting how building forts seems to be hardwired into human beings to the point that kids will build them without questioning why. We built forts too as suburban kids, but why? It must have been an atavistic fear of the long gone natives.